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On Display: House - Lancaster Room
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
"The Boar and the Ass"
John Sadler and Guy Green, Elisha Kirkall
1765-1780
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
1969.4727.019
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.4727.019
Object Name
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
Title
"The Boar and the Ass"
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
John Sadler and Guy Green (Printer); Elisha Kirkall (Inspiration for design)
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1765-1780
Subject(s)
- Fable
- Morality
- Literary scene
- Literature
- Aesop's Fable
- Aesop
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
5 (H) x 5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
12.7 (H) x 12.7 (L)
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.
• Similar tile: p. 523, no. N.487, c. 1770-1780Book: Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Similar tile: p. 47, no. D8-5, with engraved source identified as Croxall's Aesop's Fable XIVBook: Ray, Anthony. 1973 English Delftware Tiles.
• Similar tile: pp. 271-2, no. 756, stating that when the ass treated the boar too familiarly, the boar nearly attacked, but "refrained, considering him too base a creature."Book: Volk, Joyce Geary. 2006 The Warner House: A Rich and Colorful History.
• Red-printed tiles with (mostly) European scenes in Warner sitting room fireplace, Portsmouth NH: pp. 39-40, fig. 3.8, noting probably installed circa 1760.