Object Number 1969.4725.021

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Title

The Sailor's Farewell

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

Maritime

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.
• Similar tile: p. 29, no. B6-22, Sadler 1757-61
[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Same scene on borderless tile with polychrome enamel: p. 34, no. C3-7, Sadler 1765-70.
[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1973 English Delftware Tiles.
• Similar tile, red-printed; and same scene on delft plate: pp. 252-3, no. 678 (similar tile); and pp. 252-3, fig. 56 (plate).
[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1973 English Delftware Tiles.
• Polychrome borderless version from Phillips House, Cross St., Boston MA: pp. 251-2, no. 674, one of 3 different polychrome tiles from house.
[Catalogue] Horne, Jonathan. A Collection of Early English Pottery (dealer's catalogue).
• Similar and related prints on delft tiles (2) and rare plate: pt. XII (1992), nos. 332-333, all attributed to Sadler & Green, Liverpool.
[Catalogue] Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Same subject printed on Sunderland luster pearlware mug: August 16, 2008, lot 509, with updated costumes.