Overglaze
Printing on Earthenware and Stoneware 1750-1800
Pattern
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Source
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Source Description:
"France and England", an engraving by Brandoin published in 1772. The half-starved French cook and his miserable victuals are contrasted with the well-fed English cook contemplating plump joints of beef and ham.
Shape Type
Miscellaneous
Pattern Type
Literature, Classical, Mythology, and the Arts
Date
1772-85
Dimensions
- Height: 0.60 in (1.52 cm)
- Length: 12.50 in (31.75 cm)
- Width: 12.40 in (31.50 cm)
Maker
Unknown
Printer's Name
Guy Green
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware (so-called delftware) tile printed in black in Liverpool with a French cook skewering a dead cat next to some frogs which he has prepared earlier (Anthony Ray, Liverpool Printed Tiles, 1994, no. D3-6).
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