Object Number 1969.4727.004

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Title

The Fox and the Tiger

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Sadler (Possible engraver and 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

John Sadler and Guy Green (Possible engraver and printer)
1761-1770
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

1765-1780

Subjects

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

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] Young, Hilary. 1995 The Genius of Wedgwood.
• Creamware plate bearing same print (square) in central reserve:p. 30, col. pl. B20, impressed "Wedgwood" mark. c. 1771-5
[Book] Rackham, Bernard. 1930 Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Ceramics Catalogue of English Porcelain, Earthenware, Enamels, and Glass collected by Charles Schreiber Esq., MP, and Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Schreiber and Presented to the Museum in 1884. 2.
• Creamware plate bearing same print (square) in central reserve: p. 79 and pl. 57, no. 401, the print is bordered by garlands. Plate is one of set of 12 Wedgwood marked examples, 11 with fables.
[Book] Austin, John C. 1977 Chelsea Porcelain at Williamsburg.
• Pair of Chelsea soft paste porcelain candlesticks based on Aesop's "Tiger and the Fox" and "Leopard and the Fox": pp. 148-9, no. 141, 1758-69, gold anchor-marked
[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Tile bearing the same printed pattern: p. 49, no. D8-23, with reference to Croxall fable LI.
[Book] Volk, Joyce Geary. 2006 The Warner House: A Rich and Colorful History.
• Red-printed tiles with (mostly) European scenes in Warner sitting room fireplace, Portsmouth NH: pp. 39-40, fig. 3.8, noting probably installed circa 1760.