Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 24 Feb 2015
A pair of Liverpool delftware woodblock printed tiles c.1756
A pair of Liverpool delftware woodblock printed tiles c.1756, printed in blue by John Sadler, one with a man walking a dog beside an English inn, the other with two figures among Italianate ruins with a Classical statue, each within an octagonal panel edged by foliate scrolls, the corners with floral mons motifs, 13cm. (2)
Cf. Anthony Ray, English Delftware Tiles, no. 618 for the former. See also Anthony Ray, Liverpool Printed Tiles, No. A5-6 for the latter.