Earthenware tile with black printed decoration depicting an ale jug and grains with The Landlord's Caution:
"Customers came and I did trust'em / So I lost my money and my custom / And to loose both gives me sore/ So Im [sic] resolve'd to trust no more / Chalks[sic] useful but say what you will / Chalk never paid a Maltsters bill / I'll strive to keep a decent tap / For ready money but no strap"
This verse and variations of were used on earlier printed wares of the 19th century. The theme obviously remained popular and this tile was probably made for display in a public house.
The makers mark is in relief on the reverse 'BROWN-WESTHEAD MOORE & CO / HANLEY / RAVENSCROFTS PATENT', the factory was based in Cauldon Place, Hanley.
The Ravenscroft Patent refers to the design of the back of the tile designed by Enoch Ravenscroft,patented on 30 March 1876 (No.1359), to enable the tile to hold morter well. Details of this design can be found in 'Glazed Expressions', Newsletter of the Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society, No.3 Summer 1982: Ravenscroft’s Patent Lockback p.8
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© Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent Inv. 1998 C 41
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Shape Type: Miscellaneous Pattern Type: Miscellaneous Date: c. 1876-1904 Dimensions:
Maker: Brown-Westhead Moore & Co. Maker's Mark: Description:
Earthenware tile with black printed decoration depicting an ale jug and grains with The Landlord's Caution: "Customers came and I did trust'em / So I lost my money and my custom / And to loose both gives me sore/ So... BACK TO CATALOG INDEX
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