TWO DUTCH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE RELIGIOUS PLAQUES SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

the first painted with the Baptism of Jesus and the second with Jesus and the Adulteress in the Temple, inscribed with biblical reference and dated 1763, both pierced for suspension.

Vandermeersch Anciennes, Paris

The first with a 1-in. flat chip to the edge of the molded shell at the bottom, a 1/2 x 1-in. flat to the right edge, primarily on the reverse and several additional very minor small chips to the back edge. The second also with a 1/2 x 1-in chip to the lower right edge, primarily on the reverse of the plaque as well as several very minor small chips to the back edge. Both with some minor glaze abbrasion.
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