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Artist/Maker	Sadler and Green (factory)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Tin-glazed earthenware, design of full-length theatrical portrait of Mr. Bensley in the character of Mahomet with elaborate border including masks, torches and musical instruments, white back ground transfer printed in black from an engraved copper plate, by Guy Green, Sadler and Green. England (Liverpool), about 1777-1780

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Category	Delftware
Object type	Tile
Materials and techniques	tin-glazed earthenware Earthenware Tin Glaze Enamels Glazed Transfer Printed
Brief description	Tin-glazed earthenware, design of full-length theatrical portrait of Mr. Bensley in the character of Mahomet with elaborate border including masks, torches and musical instruments, white back ground transfer printed in black from an engraved copper plate, by Guy Green, Sadler and Green. England (Liverpool), about 1777-1780
Physical description	Tin-glazed earthenware, design of full-length theatrical portrait of Mr. Bensley in the character of Mahomet with elaborate border including masks, torches and musical instruments, white back ground transfer printed in black from an engraved copper plate, by Guy Green, Sadler and Green. England (Liverpool), about 1777-1780
Dimensions	Size (width:thickness in mm): 127:7.
Marks and inscriptions	Transliteration .
Production	Liverpool. Probably printed by Guy Green.
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: 786. Ray 1973, No: F1-4. Ray 1973, No: F1-1. Ray, Anthony, Liverpool Printed Tiles, Jonathan Horne, London, 1994, pp 13, 57-63.
Other number	N.541 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.14-1993

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Record created	January 29, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O20906/tile-sadler-and-green/

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