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Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
"The Lion and the Frog"
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
1969.4729.018
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.4729.018
Object Name
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
Title
"The Lion and the Frog"
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
- Aesop's Fable
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: Horne, Jonathan. 1989 English Tinglazed Tiles.
• Similar tile: p. 131, no. 727, 1770-80Book: Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Similar tile: p. 50, no. D8-32, "The Lion and the Frog" after Croxall LXXXII, 1765-75Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 06//1994 Aesop's Fables on English Ceramics. Antiques. CXLV (6): 867-877.
• Similar tile: pp. 869-70, pl. IIcArticle: Hawes, Vivian S. 1989 "Aesop's Fables on Two Early Chelsea Plates". Ars Ceramica. (No. 15): 34-37.
• Chelsea porcelain plate portraying different illustration of same fable: p. 34, fig. 1, Chelsea porcelain plate with enameled decoration by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale, c. 1753-54. Red anchor marked.