Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Museum Object Number 1969.4725.006

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Sadler (Printer)

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

Subjects

Maritime

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed, Enameled

Dimensions (inches)

5 (H) , 5 (L)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.7 (H) , 12.7 (L)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Similar tile: p. 31, no. B9-1, ships seen through rocky grotto frame. Notes sometimes found signed "J. Sadler Liverp[superscript l]"
[Book] Archer, Michael. 1997 Delftware: The Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Similar signed black- and unsigned purple-printed versions: pp. 516-17, nos. N.455-56, and col. pl. 336