Object Number 1969.4727.006

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Title

"The Sow and the Wolf"

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] Archer, Michael. 1997 Delftware: The Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Similar tile: p. 526, no. N.500, c. 1770-1780
[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Similar tile: p. 51, no. D8-39, with engraved source identified as Croxall's Aesop's Fable CLIII
[Article] Grigsby, Leslie B. 06//1994 Aesop's Fables on English Ceramics. Antiques. CXLV (6): 867-877.
• Similar tile and Croxall engraving as design source: p. 869, pl. IIe (tile) and p. 872, fig. 4 (Croxall engraving)
[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.
[Electronic] Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Green transfer-printed dish portraying same fable with different details: Pattern no. 3054, "The Sow and the Wolf," underglaze printed in green on earthenware dish by Copeland and Garrett, 1833-47, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.