Antique English Creamware Plate Hand Decorated with Basket of Flowers 18th Century

Dutch-decorated English Creamware Plate, Onse Live Vrouw Tot Kevelaar (Our Lady to Kevelaar), Circa 1765-1785. Dimensions: 10 inch diameter x 1 inch high. Kevelaer is a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is the largest Catholic pilgrimage location within north-western Europe. More than 1 million pilgrims, mostly from Germany and the Netherlands, visit Kevelaer every year to honour the Virgin Mary. The population in 2015 was 28,311. History Kevelaer is a center of veneration and pilgrimage to Our Lady, Comforter of the Afflicted (also known as Our Lady of Consolation. According to tradition, a merchant praying in front of a cross in a field, heard a voice that told him: "Here thou shalt build me a chapel." His wife dreamt of a little chapel with a Madonna that someone had previously advised her to purchase, In 1642 a copperplate engraving, representing Our Lady of Luxembourg, was installed in a sanctuary erected the same year. It is one of the best visited Catholic pilgrimage locations in north-western Europe. The Gnadenkapelle [Chapel of Grace] has drawn pilgrims to the Lower Rhine Region from all over the world for more than 360 years. Pope John Paul II...

A Large Creamware reticulated basket and under tray, English, Circa 18th Century. Absolutely Beautiful! Provenance: The John Howard Collection....

Pair of English creamware plates, 18th century, from important Danish collection H. 2 Dia. 21 cm H. 0.7 Dia. 8.2 in

18th-century English Feather-edge Plain Creamware Large Plates, Set of Ten, Circa 1770's The large circular dinner plates are plain undecorated creamware with a molded feather edge....