Sold for:
$738
$738
Tin-glazed Earthenware Soldier Tile, England, c. 1756-57, probably Liverpool, attributed to John Sadler workshop, brown manganese print decorated with elaborate half-blossom and foliate border to an octagonal cartouche with depiction of a uniformed man standing to smoke his pipe, and leaning against a rocaille that supports his tankard, a tasseled halberd by his feet, 4 7/8 x 5 in. Provenance: The Troy Chappell Collection; Jonathan Horne. Literature: Illustrated in Ceramics in America - 2001 , The Chipstone Foundation, p. 202, fig. 24; an identical in Liverpool Printed Tiles , by Ray, illus. A1-11.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-11-17
