Object Number 1969.3669.002

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Title

The Sailor's Return

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.

T. Booth (Design inspiration)

Louis Pierre Boitard (Design inspiration)

Place of Origin

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1757-1761

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside; Red-bordered, rectangular sticker with canted corners and, in ink, "18".
2. Label; Underside; Rectangular sticker with rounded corners and blue ink "39," overstruck in pencil, with pencil-added "3664."

Subjects

Maritime

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed, Enameled

Dimensions (inches)

5 (H) , 5 (W) , 0.25 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.7 (H) , 12.7 (W) , 0.64 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Similar tile: p. 29, no. B6-23, "The Sailor's Return," after similar-titled engraving by T. Booth after Boitard (1744).