Ceramics
John Sadler (Printer)
Robert Sayer (Design inspiration)
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1765-1775
Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze
Molded, Printed, Enameled
1969.4729.025
Object Number1969.4729.025 |
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
Ceramics
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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.
Robert Sayer (Design inspiration)
1725-02//1794
Sayer became active as a printseller as early as the late 1740s. He built up his stock of copper plates by taking over others’ inventories, first Philip Overton, then James McArdell when he died in 1765. He worked in partnership with John Bennett from around 1774 to 1785, then operated alone again through 1793. When he died in February 1794, the firm (along with Sayer’s stock of plates) were taken over by another London print firm, Laurie & Whittle.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1765-1775
Ladies Amusement
Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze
Molded, Printed, Enameled
5 (H) , 5 (L)
12.7 (H) , 12.7 (L)
Text available soon.
[Book] Sayer, Robert & Pillement, Jean Baptiste. 1959 Ladies Amusement or Whole Art of Japanning Made Easy (orig. c. 1760).
• Design inspiration: pl. 32, source for the two figures. Published 1758-62
[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Similar tile: p. 40, no. D4-11, c. 1765-75
[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Earlier version of tile, with scene reversed and some detail differences: p. 26, no. B4-12, 1757-61. Also different border type. Notes Amusement as inspiration.
[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 tile: p. 519, no. N.466, noting same tile also known with (painted) enamels