National Museums Liverpool 12.3.26.2

Pattern

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Source

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Source Description:

"The Tythe Pig" engraved by J.S. Muller after Boitard, 1751."In Country Village lives a Vicar, / Fond - as all are - of Tythes and Liquor, / To Mirth his Ears are seldom Shut, / He'll Crack a Joke, and laugh at Smut; / But when his Tythes he gathers
Shape Type
Dinner & Dessert Wares
Pattern Type
Genre Scenes
Date
1757-61
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.40 in (56.90 cm)
  • Height: 2.70 in (6.86 cm)
Maker
Unknown
Printer's Name
John Sadler

Printer's Mark:

Printed
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Description:

Tin-glazed earthenware (so-called delftware) plate printed in black by John Sadler, Liverpool, with "The Tythe Pig", a satire on the tythes or taxes that had to be paid to the parish priest. The priest claims a pig but the farmer's wife thwarts him by adding the condition that he must take the baby.The print is signed "John Sadler" to one side and "Liverp" to
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