Object Number 1969.1911

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Sadler (Printer)
1720-1789
See Anthony Ray, Liverpool Printed Tiles (London: Jonathan Horne Publications, 1994) pp. 1-15 for further information on Sadler and Green.

Johann Esaies Nilson (Design inspiration)

Place of Origin

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1756-1757

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed, Woodblock

Dimensions (inches)

5 (H) , 5 (L)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.7 (H) , 12.7 (L)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Same pattern woodblock tile: p. 17, no. A1-5, John Sadler, 1756-7; nos. A1-1 to A1-12, A4-1 to A4-2, similar borders.
[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1973 English Delftware Tiles.
• Similarly bordered woodblock tiles, various colors: pp. 238-41
[Book] Horne, Jonathan. 1989 English Tinglazed Tiles.
• Similarly bordered blue tiles: p. 126, nos. 684-6, 1756-7, Sadler. No. 658 Nilson design rederve in same style.
[Article] Ray, Anthony. 1973 "Liverpool Printed Tiles". Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 9 (Pt. 1): 36-66.
• Design source: p. 54, no. A1-5, from J. E. Nilson of Augsburg's "Caffe, The und Tobac Zeiretten"; see also pl. 30 & 35, no. A1-5.