Lot Essay
These dishes were produced for the Roman Catholic market and were sold at the pilgrimage resort of Kevelaer in Germany, catering for the Dutch catholics.
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Details
A Leeds creamware Dutch-decorated pilgrimage dish
Second half 18th century
Painted in colours with a portrait of the Virgin Mary and infant Christ above the inscription onse live vrouw tot kevelar, the wavy border with trailing flowers
25cm. diam.
Second half 18th century
Painted in colours with a portrait of the Virgin Mary and infant Christ above the inscription onse live vrouw tot kevelar, the wavy border with trailing flowers
25cm. diam.
Literature
Benson, Dutch decorated English creamware, in: Vormen uit Vuur No. 147, 1992/4
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