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The Fox and the Crow
Pottery:
Unidentified Liverpool pottery
Printer:
John Sadler and Guy Green
Printer:
Green, Guy
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and transfer-printed in black. The Fox and the Crow; '88' border.
History note: Unknown before Spencer George Perceval
S.G. Perceval Bequest, 1922
Depth: 0.6 cm
Height: 12.7 cm
Width: 12.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922-03-07) by Perceval, Spencer George
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Circa
1765
CE
-
1775
CE
The design is adapted from an illustration in Dr Samuel Croxall's edition of Aesop's Fables (IX), 1722 and later editions. Possibly printed by Guy Green after Sadler's retirement in 1770.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( black)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Accession number: PER.C.7-1922
Primary reference Number: 15436
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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