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Lot 57

Four Liverpool delftware printed tiles, circa 1774

13 April 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £600 inc. premium

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Four Liverpool delftware printed tiles, circa 1774

Printed in Liverpool by Sadler and Green, all in black and coloured over in green, two tiles with classical vases within scrollwork borders, the other two with The Four Seasons and The Three Graces after the antique, about 12.5cm square (minor chips, the figure tiles not examined out of the frames)

Footnotes

In 1776 Guy Green wrote to Wedgwood discussing the price of his printed tiles... 'The prices I sell them for to the shops, etc., are as follows:- For black printed tiles, 5s per dozen; green vase tiles, 4s ditto; figured tiles, green ground, 4s 6d ditto;...' See Anthony Ray, English Delftware Tiles (1973), p.84 and pls.78 and 79.

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