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Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
The Blind Leading the Lame
John Sadler
1765-1775
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
1969.3672
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.3672
Object Name
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
Title
The Blind Leading the Lame
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
John Sadler (Maker)
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1765-1775
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Two rectangular stickers, one with a double-red-line border, both inscribed "3"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Fable
- Morality
- Literary scene
- Literature
- Aesop
- Aesop's Fable
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
5.06 (H) x 5.06 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
12.86 (H) x 12.86 (W)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Same printed subject: p. 38, no. D3-8, "The Blind Carrying the Lame," noting varients printed on creamware. Sadler, Liverpool, c. 1765-75Book: Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Same printed subject picked out in polychrome enamels on borderless tile: p. 35, no. C4-1, noting source Dodsley's Select Fables of Aesop...published by Osborne & Moseley, c. 1764/5.