Tile
1750-1775 (made)
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Decoration: The Fox and the Grapes, Blue. Body: Buff, medium-grained. 2 pin-holes near corners of front. Surface: Uneven.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
Brief description | Delftware tile, the fox and the grapes, Liverpool, 1750-75. |
Physical description | Decoration: The Fox and the Grapes, Blue. Body: Buff, medium-grained. 2 pin-holes near corners of front. Surface: Uneven. |
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Credit line | Given by Mr R. J. Charleston, through the executors of Mr L. L. Lipski |
Object history | 'The subject is taken from Aesop's Fables. This would appear to be the only known painted, as opposed to transfer-printed, tile with a fable subject.' Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997, pp. 465. Bought by Mr L.L. Lipski in Derby, August 1950. Given by Mr R.J. Charleston through the executors of Mr L.L. Lipski. |
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Literary reference | The Fox and the Grapes, <font -u>Aesop's Fables</font -u>, Aesop. |
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Other number | N.179 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no. |
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Accession number | C.121A-1981 |
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Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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