Facebook
sprite-icon-instagram
Twitter
sprite-icon-wechat
Weibo
X
sprite-icon-youtube
sprite-icon-accessible
Group 3
sprite-icon-arrow
sprite-icon-audio-description
sprite-icon-calendar
sprite-icon-camera
UI/Chevron/Large/Black
sprite-icon-chevron
Artboard 1
sprite-icon-copyright
sprite-icon-data
sprite-icon-download
sprite-icon-grid
sprite-icon-image
i
sprite-icon-list
sprite-icon-magazine
sprite-icon-maximise
sprite-icon-museum
sprite-icon-osd-minus
sprite-icon-osd-plus
Group 6
sprite-icon-pin
sprite-icon-plus
sprite-icon-print
Fill 1
sprite-icon-share
sprite-icon-shop
sprite-icon-tag
sprite-icon-tea
sprite-icon-ten-percent-tag
Artboard 1
sprite-icon-wallet
sprite-icon-zoom
Skip to main content
Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.
Menu
Main navigation
Visit
Toggle Visit submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Visit
—
Visit
—
Family visits
—
Group visits
—
Audio app
—
Out-of-hours tours
—
Tours and talks
—
Object trails
—
Accessibility
—
Food and drink
—
Late opening on Fridays
—
Museum map
Exhibitions and events
Collection
Toggle Collection submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Collection
—
Collection
—
Collection online
—
Galleries
—
Blog
—
The British Museum podcast
Learn
Toggle Learn submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Learn
—
Learn
—
Schools
—
Communities
—
Adult learning
—
Young people
Membership
Toggle Membership submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Membership
—
Membership
—
Members' events
—
Young Friends
—
Existing Members
—
Visiting as a Member
Support us
Toggle Support us submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Support us
—
Donate
—
Corporate support
—
Become a Patron
—
Supporter case studies
—
Become a Volunteer
—
Existing Patrons
—
Leave a legacy
—
American Friends of the British Museum
Secondary navigation
Shop
Search
Donate
Hide menu
tile
Object Type
tile
Museum number
1887,0307,E.167.6
Description
Tile; tin-glazed earthenware; square; transfer-printed in black; The Cat and the Fox, from Æsop's Fables; rococo scroll "88" border. Based on a plate (LX) engraved by Elisha Kirkall for Samuel Croxall's 'Fables of Aesop and Others'.
Producer name
Printed by:
Sadler & Green
Printed by:
Guy Green
(probably)
After:
Elisha Kirkall
After:
Samuel Croxall
School/style
Rococo
Cultures/periods
Post-Medieval
Production date
1770-1780
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Liverpool
Printed in:
Printed Ware Manufactory
Materials
earthenware
Ware
delftware
Technique
tin-glazed
transfer-printed
Bibliographic references
Hobson 1903 / Catalogue of the collection of English Pottery in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquites and Ethnography of the British Museum
(E167)
Ray 1994 / Liverpool Printed Tiles
(p.12 & p.47, fig.D8-6)
Location
On display
(G46/Nwall/p5/middle/noB)
Subjects
cat
Associated names
Illustration to:
Æsop
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Æsop's Fables
Associated Title:
The Cat and the Fox
Associated Title:
Samuel Croxall's Fables of Aesop and Others
(pl LX)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Acquisition date
1887
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1887,0307,E.167.6
Conservation
Treatment
: 30 Jun 1994