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Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
"The Sow and the Wolf"
John Sadler, Elisha Kirkall
1765-1775
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Sadler (Printer)
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
1969.4727.020
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.4727.020
Object Name
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
Title
"The Sow and the Wolf"
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
John Sadler (Printer); Elisha Kirkall (Inspiration for design)
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1765-1775
Subject(s)
- Fable
- Morality
- Literary scene
- Literature
- Aesop's Fable
- Aesop
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
- Enameled
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. 526, no. N.500, c. 1770-1780Book: Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Similar tile: p. 51, no. D8-39, with engraved source identified as Croxall's Aesop's Fable CLIIIArticle: Grigsby, Leslie B. 06//1994 Aesop's Fables on English Ceramics. Antiques. CXLV (6): 867-877.
• Similar tile and Croxall engraving as design source: p. 869, pl. IIe (tile) and p. 872, fig. 4 (Croxall engraving)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.Electronic: Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Green transfer-printed dish portraying same fable with different details: Pattern no. 3054, "The Sow and the Wolf," underglaze printed in green on earthenware dish by Copeland and Garrett, 1833-47, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.