Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Museum Object Number 1969.3671.001

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Title

Battledore and Shuttlecock

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Sadler (Maker)

Creator Notes

See Anthony Ray, Liverpool Printed Tiles (London: Jonathan Horne Publications, 1994) pp. 1-15 for further information on Sadler and Green.

Date of Birth

1720

Date of Death

1789

Place of Origin

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1757-1761

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside; Small rectangular sticker bears penciled "2.2"
2. Label; Underside; Dealer sticker (rectangular) with printed inscription "H. A. EBERHARDT & SON/ART & CHINA REPAIRING/213 S. 11TH ST., PHILA., PA." over hand-written (ink) "73360 du Pont/ [illegible] conceal"

Subjects

Sports; Playing games

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed, Enameled

Dimensions (inches)

5 (H) , 5.06 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.7 (H) , 12.86 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Similar, polychrome and signed versions: p. 23, no. B4-9 (black enamel-printed), noting "soemtimes found signed "J. Sadler Liverpool"; p. 33, no. C2-2, black printed with polychrome painted enamels.
[Book] Riley, Noel. 1991 Gifts for Good Children: The History of Children's China 1790- 1890. 312.
• 19th century children's plate with print perhaps after same source: col. pl. 15, no. CXLII, toy plate with children playing shuttlecock.