Tin-glazed earthenware (so-called delftware) tile, printed in manganese. This type of tile, printed from the surface of a block or plate rather than from its engraved lines, is probably the earliest type printed by Sadler in Liverpool. It has generally been assumed that they were printed from a woodblock, but a metal plate is also a possibility. The type is rare and appears to have been short lived, replaced by tiles printed from the engraved lines of a copper plate. The design on this tile is no. A3-1 in Anthony Ray's Liverpool Printed Tiles (1994). 

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National Museums Liverpool 1980.698.1

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Source Description:

"Le dépit amoureux" engraved by Laurent Cars after François Boucher, from an edition of Molière's plays published in Paris in 1734. "Le dépit amoureux" was a five-act comedy first performed in 1656. 

 

Shape Type: Miscellaneous

Pattern Type: Genre Scenes

Date: c. 1756-1757

Dimensions:

  • Height: 4.92 in (12.50 cm)
  • Length: 4.92 in (12.50 cm)
  • Width: 0.28 in (0.70 cm)

Maker: Unknown

Printer: John Sadler

Description:

Tin-glazed earthenware (so-called delftware) tile, printed in manganese. This type of tile, printed from the surface of a block or plate rather than from its engraved lines, is probably the earliest type printed by Sadler in Liverpool. It has generally been assumed that they were printed from a woodblock, but a metal plate is also a possibility. The type is rare and...


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