Object Number 1969.3677

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Title

"The Bear and the Bee-hives"

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

1765-1775

Subjects

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

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed, Enameled

Dimensions (inches)

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

Dimensions (centimeters)

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

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Tile bearing same print: p. 47, no. D8-3, noting Croxall's 1722 Aesop, fable CXXVI.