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Mug (Tithe (Tythe) Pig mug)
Tithe [Tythe] Pig
John Sadler and Guy Green, Louis Pierre Boitard
1760-1770
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Sadler and Guy Green (Printer)
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
2011.0007.004
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle
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Object Number
2011.0007.004
Object Name
Mug (Tithe (Tythe) Pig mug)
Title
Tithe [Tythe] Pig
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
John Sadler and Guy Green (Printer); Louis Pierre Boitard (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1760-1770
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Signature
Location: Below left and right of scene
Inscription: Printed italic "Sadler" and "Liverpool"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: A small white rectangular paper tag ith rouded corners with the handwritten black ink inscription "ED478"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: A circular white tag with the printed inscription" N.C.S. EXHIBITION/ LEEDS 1974" and a handwritten "6" in faded black ink.
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: A rectangular paper tag with the printed inscription "JONATHAN HORNE" surrounded by a blue background and a black elaborately scrolled border.
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: A cream-colored circular tag with the handwritten blue ink inscripotion "25 ???([illegible].
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: A white circular tag with the printed black ink inscription "N.C.S. EXHIBITION/ LIVERPOOL 1993" and the handwritten black ink number "187"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: A white rectangular tag with the printed black ink nscriton "Liverpool/Exhibition/ 1997, held/at Phillips/ No: [handwritten in black ink] 11/15"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: A cream-colored rectangular tag with the printed red ink inscription " E.N. STRETTON/ COLLECTION" and a handwritten blue inscription "C82"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: A small rectangular cream-colored tag with the handwritten blue ink inscription "LO 1"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Religious imagery
- Satire
- Tithe Pig
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Printed
- Extruded
Dimensions (inches)
4.567 (H) x 5.276 (L) x 3.583 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
11.6 (H) x 13.4 (L) x 9.1 (Diam)