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On short term loan out for exhibition

Tile

1758-1761 (made)
Artist/Maker
Sadler, John (printer)
Place of origin
Liverpool (made)

Tin-glazed earthenware tile, transfer-printed in black with a man and a woman in tartans dancing in a landscape. Border of rococo scrolls. Signed: J. Sadler Liverpool.


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Earthenware
Tiles
Object type
Tile
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Transfer-Printed
Brief description
Delftware. Tile, tin-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration of a man and a woman in a landscape, printed by John Sadler, England, 1758-1761.
Physical description
Tin-glazed earthenware tile, transfer-printed in black with a man and a woman in tartans dancing in a landscape. Border of rococo scrolls. Signed: J. Sadler Liverpool.
Dimensions
  • Length: 12.7cm
  • Width: 12.7cm
  • Thickness: 0.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'J. Sadler Liverpool' (Signed by the printer)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber, 1885.
Subjects depicted
Man
Woman
Landscape
Scroll-Work
Bibliographic references
  • 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. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
  • Lady Schreiber, No: 834.1.
  • Rackham Schreiber, Pl: 9.
  • Ray Tiles, No: 654.
  • Ray 1973, No: B4-4.
Other numbers
  • N 435 - Delftware (1997) cat. no.
  • Sch. II 20 - Schreiber number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
414:834/1-1885

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Record createdFebruary 8, 2000
Record URL
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