Object Number 1969.3684.003

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Title

"Musa Lyram Tractans"

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Johann Sebastian Müller (Design inspiration)
c. 1715-1792

Guy Green (Printer on ceramics)

William Sandby (Printer and bookseller)

Place of Origin

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1770-1780

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside; Rectangular sticker with rounded corners and penciled "14"

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

4.75 (H) , 4.31 (W) , 0.25 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.07 (H) , 10.95 (W) , 0.64 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1973 English Delftware Tiles.
• Similar tile in set formerly in a Reigate, England house: p. 273, no. 766. After J. S. Muller's engraving "Musa Lyram Tractans," in 1749 Horace. Also in group on a Wedgwood Flaxman plaque.
[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Design source & similar tile (but with white ground): p. 53, no. E1-7, noting source as J. S. Muller's book, Horace (1749), pl. 2 ("Musa Lyram Tractans"
[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 in set formerly in a Reigate, England house: col. pl. 343, no. N505, from plate 2 of Muller's Horace. See also no. 506.
[Article] Ray, Anthony. 1973 "Liverpool Printed Tiles". Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 9 (Pt. 1): 36-66.
• Design source (engraving) with others from Horace: pl. 33, Ray i.d. no. E1-7.
[Catalogue] Horne, Jonathan. A Collection of Early English Pottery (dealer's catalogue).
• Classical figure prints with green enamel detailing on delft tiles (9): pt. XII (1992), no. 334, all attributed to Guy Green, Liverpool, 1775-85. 1 same print as 69.3684.1-.3; 1 same print as 69.3705.1-.2.