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Lot 103

Three Liverpool delftware woodblock tiles, circa 1756-57

29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £637.50 inc. premium

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Three Liverpool delftware woodblock tiles, circa 1756-57

Printed in manganese by John Sadler with two Men o' War engaged in battle, the ships in full sail surrounded by plumes of smoke, within octagonal panels edged with formal scrolls and florets to the corners, 12.7-13cm wide (3)

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These woodblock-printed tiles are from a recently discovered set of six, the design previously unrecorded. The other three from the set were sold by Woolley and Wallis on 17 June 2020, lot 101. Tiles printed by Sadler with identical borders, derived from Dutch tiles via Liverpool painted tiles, are illustrated by Anthony Ray, English Delftware Tiles (1973), p.239, nos.606-9, and p.241, nos.618-9. Related Men o' War subjects occur on Worcester porcelain of similar date.

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