//
For internal use only
On Display: House - Patuxent Room
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
"Mercury and the Woodman"
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
1969.4729.039
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Share Object
Complete Details
Object Number
1969.4729.039
Object Name
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
Title
"Mercury and the Woodman"
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: Lange, Amanda E. Delftware at Historic Deerfield, 1600-1800.
• Similar tile with ownership history in Abington MA: pp. 146-47, no. 94 and period references to English tiles in America.Book: Lange, Amanda E. Delftware at Historic Deerfield, 1600-1800.
• Similar tile with ownership history in Salem MA: pp. 146-47, no. 94, ftn. 1Book: Horne, Jonathan. 1989 English Tinglazed Tiles.
• Similar tile: p. 131, no. 728Book: Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Similar tile: p. 50, no. D8-34, after Croxall (1722) Aesop's Fable CXI; also known red-printed on creamware plate with painted green enamel details.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. 525, no. N.497