Object Number 1969.3670.002

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Title

The See-Saw

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.

Place of Origin

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1757-1761

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Underside; Pencil inscriptions "2 7/8" and "82/10".
2. Label; Underside; Dealer's rectangular sticker, printed in red "GUITEL MONTAGUE/ 575[?] MADISON AVE. N.Y./ GUARENTEED GENUINE" with black pen "LIVERPOOL/ CIRCA 1760"
3. Label; Underside; Rectangular sticker with black ink handwritten "#4582/LVERPOOL (sic) 1760/ [2]2.50 ea."
4. Label; Underside; Red-edged rectangular tile with chamfered corners and pencil "24".
5. Label; Underside; Rectangular sticker with rounded corners, inscribed in blue ink "41.2"

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed, Enameled

Dimensions (inches)

5.06 (H) , 5.12 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.86 (H) , 13.02 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Tile with same print: p. 27, no. B6-4, John Sadler, Liverpool, 1757-61
[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1973 English Delftware Tiles.
• Tile with same print: pp. 246-7, no. 643, suggesting its heavier black may indicate image is from a second printing.