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Tile: C.82-1992

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Liverpool pottery
Printer: John Sadler

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Description

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed bluish-white on the upper surface and transfer-printed in blue, perhaps from a wood block. An octagonal landscape featuring a cottage on the right, a garden temple on the left and a man, woman and child in the foreground, surrounded by a 'Louis XV' style border.

Notes

History note: Jonathan Horne, 66c Kensington Church Street, London, W8 4BY from whom purchased

Legal notes

Purchased with the G.H.W. Rylands Fund

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.6 cm
Height: 12.6 cm
Width: 12.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1992-10-12) by Jonathan Horne Antiques

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa 1756 CE - 1757 CE

Note

This is among a group of very early Liverpool printed tiles which were printed with either a woodblock or a glue-bat. Under magnification this one seems to have been printed from an engraved plate rather than a woodcut.

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue)
Front composed of tin-glaze

Materials used in production

Earthenware

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.82-1992
Primary reference Number: 15459

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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