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Two girls at a table drinking coffee, and a fortune-teller

Tile
1758-1761 (made)
Artist/Maker
Sadler and Green (printer)
Place of origin
Liverpool (made)

Tin-glazed earthenware tile, transfer-printed in black with two girls and an older woman seated at a table drinking coffee. In the background a pavilion with a weather-vane in the form of a figure of Mercury. Border of rococo scrolls, with a Chinese mask at the top.

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Tiles
Ceramics
Earthenware
Drinking
Object type
Tile
TitleTwo girls at a table drinking coffee, and a fortune-teller (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Glazed
Transfer-Printed
Brief description
Delftware. Tile, tin-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration, printed by Sadler and Green, Liverpool, 1758-1761.
Physical description
Tin-glazed earthenware tile, transfer-printed in black with two girls and an older woman seated at a table drinking coffee. In the background a pavilion with a weather-vane in the form of a figure of Mercury. Border of rococo scrolls, with a Chinese mask at the top.
Dimensions
  • Width: 12.7cm
  • Length: 12.7cm
  • Thickness: 0.8cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Given by Lady Schreiber, 1885. Purchased by her from Becks, Bristol, 1869.
Subjects depicted
Women
Dog
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: 841.2. Ray Tiles, No: 638. Ray 1973, No: B4-13.
Other numbers
  • N 441 - Delftware (1997) cat. no.
  • Sch. II 30 - Schreiber number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
414:841/A-1885

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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