Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Guy Green, Matthew Darly

1770-1780

Category

Ceramics

Creator (Role)

Guy Green (Printer on ceramics); Matthew Darly (Design inspiration)

Place of Origin

Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe

Date

1770-1780

Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label

Type: Inscription

Location: Underside

Inscription: Inscribed "7" on middle of back of tile.

Mark/Signature: No

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience)
Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded
Printed
Painted
Enameled

Dimensions (inches)

4.68 (H) x 4.81 (W) x 0.31 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

11.9 (H) x 12.22 (W) x 0.79 (D)

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

Book: Archer, Michael. 1997 Delftware: The Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

• Similarly printed and painted tile: col. pl. 342, no. N.516, Liverpool (probably Guy Green), c. 1770-80. Urn derives from two vases on pl. 24 of Mathew Darly's (1770) 55 Vases.

Book: Archer, Michael. 1997 Delftware: The Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

• Other black-printed classical vase tiles with green painting: nos. N.513-N.530

Book: Ray, Anthony. 1973 English Delftware Tiles.

• Similar style black-printed classical vase tiles with green painting: nos. 776-778 and 781. No. 780 matches Winterthur tile. Notes 17 types of vases/urns with this border.

Book: Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.

• Similar tile and design source: p. 13, ftn. 45 and p. 55, no. E2-14, noting design source is 55 Vases by M. Darly (1770), pl. 24 (combines 2 vases)

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Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Guy Green, Matthew Darly

1770-1780