Object Number 1969.4725.002

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Title

"The One-Eyed Doe"

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.

Elisha Kirkall (Inspiration for design)
1682-1742

Place of Origin

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1757-1761

Subjects

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

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed, Enameled

Dimensions (inches)

5 (H) , 5 (L)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.7 (H) , 12.7 (L)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Black-printed example: p. 48, no. D8-11, after Croxall's Aesop (XCIX). Also on creamware.