Three Liverpool delft tiles, circa 1770

Three Liverpool delft tiles
circa 1770
transfer-printed in black after John Sadler with a Fortune Teller, a man offering a bird cage to a woman with child and a family beside a cradle, later coloured, unsigned,
13cm w x 12.5cm high (3)

Condition Report

Heavily scuffed and scratched, some knocks to edges. In particular, the Fortune Tellers tile has two chips to lower and two further knocks to both the left and the right edges which are also visible from the front. the Bird Cage tile has several sections of glaze loss to the front lower edge. Each of the three tiles also have a section of probable restoration to a single corner - please see additional images which shows a representation of the restoration visible on the middle tile.

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