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bone china round plate commemorating 300th Anniversary of John Wesley's birth

Round straight edged plate. In the centre is a lithograph picture of John Wesley with a short poem underneath. Around the edge of the plate are 12 pictures, 11 of them in red edged circles and the remaining one depiction of John Wesley on a horse "I look upon the whole world as my parish" Clockwise from the top right the other scenes depict scenes from JW's life - The rescue of JW from the fire at EOR in 1709, The Holy Club at Oxford, the premises at Aldersgate London, The orphan house Newcastle-0n-Tyne, The "Simmonds" at Gravesend, The New Room at Horsefair, Bristol, Gwennap Pit near Redruth Cornwall, Laying the Foundation Stone of City Road Chapel London, Conference at City Road, Dr Thomas Coke ordaining Thomas Asbury and JW's last open-air sermon.

Category: plate

Material Part: bone china

Produced by: Chown China Co.

Inscription:

- above and below each image (as described above) and the poem below the central picture. There are also 4 other quotations around the edges. Around the rim "To Celebrate the 300th Anniversary of the Birth of John Wesley at Epworth REctory, Lincolnshire, on 17th June 1703. Son of Rev. Samuel Wesley & Susanna Wesley. 1703 John Wesley 2003

Top - "1813 Methodist Mission 2013 (in red) From Leeds to the World (in black). Bottom - I look upon all the world as my Parish - John Wesley (in black) ans Helping Transform lives, communities and nations (in red).