Skip to main content
Advanced Search
DS1989-0583
Tile, one of a pair
DS1989-0583

Tile, one of a pair

Dateca. 1760
OriginEngland, Liverpool
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft / delftware)
Dimensions5 1/8" square
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1989-177,1
DescriptionTwo originally square tiles with canted sides. Blue tin glaze decorated in manganese with three grazing deer: on one, a doe and two bucks; on the other, two does and a buck; buttercup corners.
Label TextThese two tiles and another from the same series of grazing deer were adapted from The Ladies Amusement, a volume of drawings intended to be used by textile and ceramic decorators. The buttercup corner appears to have been used only in Liverpool.
InscribedNo
MarkingsNo
ProvenanceJonathan Horne (Antiques) Ltd., London
Exhibition(s)
DS1989-0583
Tile, one of a pair
ca. 1760
DS1989-0574
Tile
ca. 1760
2022-257, Tile
Tile
ca. 1750
DS1989-0571
Tile
1750-1760
DS1989-0570
Tile
ca. 1760
DS1989-0556
Tile
ca. 1760
C1990-648
Tile, one of four
ca. 1745
DS1989-0579
Tile
ca. 1750
No image number on slide
Woven Tied Beiderwand Coverlet, "Birds and Bush" Border
1842 (dated)
DS1989-0581
Tile
ca. 1780
DS1989-0598
Tile
1700-1720
DS1989-0577
Tile
ca. 1760