The Fable of the sticks

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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 earthenware transfer-printed in red enamel with the fable of the sticks. An old man is seated in a chair with his three sons before him, one of whom is trying to break a bundle of sticks across his knee. Rococo scrolled border.

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Categories	Delftware Tiles Earthenware Ceramics
Object type	Tile
Title	The Fable of the sticks (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Tin-glazed earthenware transfer-printed in red enamel Tin Glaze Earthenware Enamel Transfer Printed
Brief description	Tile of enamelled tin-glazed earthenware transfer-printed in red enamel, printed by Sadler and Green, Liverpool, ca. 1765-ca. 1775.
Physical description	Tile of enamelled tin-glazed earthenware transfer-printed in red enamel with the fable of the sticks. An old man is seated in a chair with his three sons before him, one of whom is trying to break a bundle of sticks across his knee. Rococo scrolled border.
Dimensions	Width: 12.6cm Thickness: 0.8cm
Credit line	Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history	Acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology. Transferred, 1901.
Subjects depicted	Figures Chair Stick Scroll Men
Literary reference	Aesop's Fables
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 Ray Tiles, No: 743. Ray 1973, No: D3-7.
Other number	N.463 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	3607-1901

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Record created	January 29, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O20533/the-fable-of-the-sticks-tile-sadler-and-green/

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