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Tile

1777-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Sadler and Green (factory)
Green, Guy (printer)
Place of origin
Liverpool (made)

Tin-glazed earthenware, a border tile with design 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


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Tiles
Earthenware
Object type
Tile
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, transfer printed, enamels
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Enamel
Glazed
Transfer Printed
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware, a border tile with design 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, a border tile with design 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
  • Height: 128mm
  • Width: 62mm
  • Thickness: 8mm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Object history
Purchased from Mr E.H. Butler, London, 1874. Others renumbered 1993.
Subjects depicted
Torch
Masks
Lyre
Chandeliers
Candelabras
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
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.41-1993

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Record createdJanuary 28, 2003
Record URL
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