National Museums Liverpool 1980.698.1
Pattern Source 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:
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... BACK TO CATALOG INDEX
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