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The Astrologer

Tile
ca. 1765-ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Sadler and Green (printer)
Place of origin
Liverpool (made)

Tile of enamelled tin-glazed grey earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel. Printed with an aged male fortune-teller seated at a table with two ladies to one of whom he is giving a paper inscribed 'A brisk Husband & son'. The other woman is weeping and holding a paper with the words 'never to be married'. On the table is a drawing of 'the Wheel of Fortune'. Rococo scrolled border. The tile is in a brass frame.

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Tiles
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Tile
TitleThe Astrologer (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel, in a brass frame
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Enamel
Brass
Transfer Printed
Brief description
Tile of enamelled tin-glazed grey earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel, printed by Sadler and Green. Liverpool, ca.1765-ca.1775.
Physical description
Tile of enamelled tin-glazed grey earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel. Printed with an aged male fortune-teller seated at a table with two ladies to one of whom he is giving a paper inscribed 'A brisk Husband & son'. The other woman is weeping and holding a paper with the words 'never to be married'. On the table is a drawing of 'the Wheel of Fortune'. Rococo scrolled border. The tile is in a brass frame.
Dimensions
  • Width: 12.7cm
  • Thickness: 0.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'A brisk Husband & son' (Inscribed)
  • 'never to be married' (Inscribed)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology before 1876. Transferred, 1901.
Subjects depicted
Astrologer
Figures
Women
Table
Scrolls
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
  • M.P.G. 1876, S.6.B. Ray Tiles, No: 705. Ray 1973, No: D3-9.
Other number
N.464 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
3599-1901

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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