The Astrologer

License this image

To license this image or for more information please contact our Licensing team.

We can manage your request more quickly if you include the following information:

Image reference number: XXX
Title and author (if applicable)
Publisher/Producer/Broadcaster
Planned release date
Print run or number of units
Image size and position, example 1/4 page, full screen, front cover, inside
Languages/territorial distribution
Digital rights - format details and license period

On display

V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

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
Title	The 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

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record created	January 29, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O20524/the-astrologer-tile-sadler-and-green/

Download as: JSON IIIF Manifest

License this image

Download image

Object details

About this object record

You may also like