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.Inscription(s)NoneMark(s)NoneProvenanceJonathan Horne (Antiques) Ltd., Londonca. 1760
ca. 1760
1750-1760
ca. 1745
ca. 1745
ca. 1745
ca. 1745
ca. 1760
ca. 1760
1740-1760
1775-1800
