Object Number 1969.3685

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

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.

John Bowles (Inspiration for design)
c.1701-1779
John Bowles traded under his own name from c. 1724-1754 and 1764-1779. He trained his son Carington Bowles (1724-1792) and they traded together as John Bowles and Son from 1754 to 1764. John's brother Thomas Bowles (1712-1767) had a similar business in St. Paul's Churchyard, which Carington took over in 1764 when his uncle retired. Carington and John then began trading separately under their own names. Carington was succeeded by his son Henry Carington Bowles (1763-1830), who printed under the name Bowles & Carver (with Samuel Carver). John was succeeded by Robert Wilkinson. John Bowles, and later John Bowles and Son, used the inscription "at the Black Horse in Cornhill" until 1766, when fire damaged his shop. He relocated to No. 13 Cornhill by 1768.

Place of Origin

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1757-1761

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside; Red-bordered sticker inscribed "9"

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) , 0.635 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Tile with same print and design source: p. 25, no. B4-8 and fig. 9, the latter illustrating pl. 32 from John Bowles 1756-7 drawing book. Tile by John Sadler, 1757-61