Object Number 1969.4729.017

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Title

"The Tithe [Tythe] Pig"

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.

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

Louis Pierre Boitard (Design inspiration)

Place of Origin

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1757-1761

Subjects

Religion associated; Satire

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 version, subject: p. 27, no. B6-1, noting sources and some tiles signed "J. Sadler Liverp[superscript l]"
[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Black-printed version on creamware mug: p. 11, fig. 4
[Book] Archer, Michael. 1997 Delftware: The Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Black-printed version, subject: p. 514, no. N422
[Book] Horne, Jonathan. 1989 English Tinglazed Tiles.
• Black-printed version: p. 128, no. 700, noting "taken from an engraving of 1751 by Muller after Boitard."
[Catalogue] Sotheby & Co. [auction catalogue].
• Same subject bocage figure, differing in some design details: London, Morgan collection, November 20, 1979, lot 65, attributed to Walton.
[Catalogue] Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Pearlware (uncolored) Tithe Pig jug with farmer holding pig and, nearby, basket of eggs: October 25, 2009, lot 605
[Book] Fennimore, Donald L., et al. 1992 The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Volume IV Decorative Arts.
• Derby Farmer and pig (freestanding) from group portraying same theme: pp. 62-63, no. 37, c. 1760
[Book] Bradshaw, Peter. 1981 18th Century English Porcelain Figures 1745-1795.
• Derby porcelain Tithe Pig figure group: p. 207, pl. 120, showing c. 1772 version of type first issued c. 1765.
[Book] Northern Ceramic Society. Made in Liverpool: Liverpool Pottery and Porcelain 1700-1850.
• Richard Chaffers, Liverpool porcelain mug, Wedgwood creamware mug, and Sadler Liverpool delft mug and tile portraying same theme: pp. 121-122, nos. 184-187
[Book] Peirce, Donald C. 1988 English Ceramics: The Frances and Emory Cocke Collection.
• Derby soft paste porcelain Tithe Pig group: p. 126, no. 122, polychrome enameled group, c. 1760
[Book] Miller, J. Jefferson. 1974 English Yellow-Glazed Earthenware.
• Yellow ware (canary ware) teapot with print portraying same theme: p. 74, no. 40, probably Phillips & Co., Sunderland, c. 1815-20