Object Number 1969.3679

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

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. Label; Underside; Red-bordered, white, rectangular sticker with canted corners has penciled "16".
2. Label; Underside; Rectangular white dealer's sticker with, in red printed lettering, "GUITEL MONTAGUE/579 MADISON AVE., N.Y./ GUARENTEED GENUINE" with black ink hadwritten "LIVERPOOL/ CIRCA 1760".
3. Label; Underside; A white rectangular sticker with rounded corners has penciled "9", underlined.
4. Inscription; Underside; Other penciled numbers, now somewhat illegible, are written on the plaster

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed, Enameled

Dimensions (inches)

5.06 (H) , 5.06 (W) , 0.25 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.86 (H) , 12.86 (W) , 0.64 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Tile with same print, p. 26, no. B4-11, John Sadler, Liverpool, 1757-61
[Book] Archer, Michael. 1997 Delftware: The Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Tile with same print: p. 513, no. N 440