National Museums Liverpool M2232
Source Description:
An invitation to a meeting of the Society of Bucks, signed "J. Evans Fecit Liverpool" meaning that Jeremiah Evans engraved it. The Society of Bucks was a Friendly Society which seems to have rivalled Freemansonry in popularity in the 1750s, but went into rapid decline after 1800. The design of this engraving is different from...
Source Description:
An invitation to a meeting of the Society of Bucks, signed "J. Evans Fecit Liverpool" meaning that Jeremiah Evans engraved it. The Society of Bucks was a Friendly Society which seems to have rivalled Freemansonry in popularity in the 1750s, but went into rapid decline after 1800. The design of this engraving is different from that on the tile, but is so close in style that it seems reasonable to attribute the engraving of the tile design to Evans.
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Shape Type: Miscellaneous
Pattern Type: Commemorative, Heraldic and Historical Events
Date: c. 1757-61 Dimensions: - Height: 0.28 in (0.70 cm)
- Length: 5.04 in (12.80 cm)
- Width: 5.04 in (12.80 cm)
Maker: Unknown Engraver: Jeremiah Evans Printer: John Sadler and Guy Green
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware (so-called delftware) tile printed in red in Liverpool by Sadler and Green with "The Arms of the Society of Bucks" (Anthony Ray, Liverpool Printed Tiles, 1994, no. B1-2). The engraver was probably Jeremiah Evans, whose signature as engraver is found on porcelain printed in Liverpool by Sadler. Evans was probably newly arrived in Liverpool when he advertised in 1757: "J. Evans, engraver,...
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware (so-called delftware) tile printed in red in Liverpool by Sadler and Green with "The Arms of the Society of Bucks" (Anthony Ray, Liverpool Printed Tiles, 1994, no. B1-2). The engraver was probably Jeremiah Evans, whose signature as engraver is found on porcelain printed in Liverpool by Sadler. Evans was probably newly arrived in Liverpool when he advertised in 1757: "J. Evans, engraver, from London, at his house in Williamson's Field, Liverpool, executes Copper Plates, Seals and other Engraving in the most elegant manner, and teaches young Gentlemen, &c. to draw on moderate terms..."
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