Description:
Dutch-decorated, English creamware dish depicting the rayed pyramid of the all-seeing eye over a priest with his attendant administering the "Annointing of the Sick" ritual or "Extreme Unction" or "Viaticum" to a person who is dying, in this case a man lying in bed and holding a crucifix, which is decorated with ornate scraffito work in brown, red, blue, yellow, green, and black, over the inscription "HET OLIZEL" in black; and with a scalloped-edge rim, typical of a lobed silver shape, decorated with a border of scrollwork and foliage. The plate has an impressed "TURNER / 1" on the base for John Turner (1738-1787) and later his sons, William (1762-1835) and John (1766-1824) who operated in Lane End from 1750-1829; this dish was exported to Holland where it was decorated by Dutch enamellers. This particular scene of the Roman Catholic sacrament apparently comes from a 15th-century Dutch morality play "Elckerlijc" or "Everyman" when the play was then translated and adapted in England.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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