National Museums Liverpool 1980.698.1

Pattern

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Source

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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
1756-1757
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.50 in (31.75 cm)
  • Length: 12.50 in (31.75 cm)
  • Width: 0.70 in (1.78 cm)
Maker
Unknown
Printer's Name
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 appears to
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