Overview
This antique Delft tile depicts the Biblical scene of Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath (Kings 17 verse 9). The tile was made in the Dutch city of Amsterdam around 1760. It is decorated with 'carnation' corner motifs and in a great condition.
9 “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” 10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” 11 As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”
12 “As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.”
13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’”
15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.
Source: BibleGateway
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Specifications
Inventory number | ATS 1942 |
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Size (approximately) | 5.1" by 5.1" or 13 by 13 cm |
Period | 1740-1760 |
Century | 18th century |
Production area (city) | Amsterdam |
Made in | the Netherlands |
Restoration | No |
VAT and/or Import duties | Antique tiles are sold within the margin scheme within the Europe Union. Antique tiles that ordered from outside the European are often imported at a 0% rate (e.g. US) or at a low rate of 5% (e.g. UK). |
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