Object Number 1969.3672

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Title

The Blind Leading the Lame

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Sadler (Maker)
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

1765-1775

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside; Two rectangular stickers, one with a double-red-line border, both inscribed "3"

Subjects

Fable; Morality; Literary scene; Literature; Aesop; Aesop's Fable

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed, Enameled

Dimensions (inches)

5.06 (H) , 5.06 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.86 (H) , 12.86 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Same printed subject: p. 38, no. D3-8, "The Blind Carrying the Lame," noting varients printed on creamware. Sadler, Liverpool, c. 1765-75
[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Same printed subject picked out in polychrome enamels on borderless tile: p. 35, no. C4-1, noting source Dodsley's Select Fables of Aesop...published by Osborne & Moseley, c. 1764/5.