Tile

1777-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Rectangular tin-glazed earthenware tiles intended to accompany tiles with theatrical scenes (C.11 to 36-1994). Decorated with candelabrum ornament with elaborate border including masks, torches and musical instruments. Transfer printed from an engraved copper plate in black.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, transfer printed, enamels
Brief description
Tile, tin-glazed earthenware, Guy Green, Sadler and Green, England, 1777-80.
Physical description
Rectangular tin-glazed earthenware tiles intended to accompany tiles with theatrical scenes (C.11 to 36-1994). Decorated with candelabrum ornament with elaborate border including masks, torches and musical instruments. Transfer printed from an engraved copper plate in black.
Dimensions
  • Height: 128mm
  • Width: 62mm
  • Thickness: 8mm
Object history
Purchased from Mr E.H. Butler, London, 1874. Others renumbered 1993.
Subjects depicted
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 1973, No: G2-2.
  • Ray 1973, No: F1-1.
  • Ray, Anthony, Liverpool Printed Tiles, Jonathan Horne, London, 1994, pp 13, 57-63.
Other number
N.611-626 - <U>Delftware</U> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.38-1993

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Record createdJanuary 28, 2003
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