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Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
Battledore and Shuttlecock
John Sadler
1757-1761
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Sadler (Maker)
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
1969.3671.002
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.3671.002
Object Name
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
Title
Battledore and Shuttlecock
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
John Sadler (Maker)
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1757-1761
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Red-edged rectangular sticker with chamfered corners and handwritten (black ink?) "12"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Small rectangular sticker with rounded corners bears penciled "2.1"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Sports
- Playing games
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
5 (H) x 5.06 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
12.7 (H) x 12.86 (W)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Similar, polychrome and signed versions: p. 23, no. B4-9 (black enamel-printed), noting "soemtimes found signed "J. Sadler Liverpool"; p. 33, no. C2-2, black printed with polychrome painted enamels.Book: Riley, Noel. 1991 Gifts for Good Children: The History of Children's China 1790- 1890. 312.
• 19th century children's plate with print perhaps after same source: col. pl. 15, no. CXLII, toy plate with children playing shuttlecock.