Jug, glazed Parian porcelain, relief-moulded depiction of Eli and the infant Samuel; base, printed factory mark and registered design mark with encoded date of 17th October 1848, made by T and R Boote, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1848+
the scene is taken from the painting 'Samuel Reading to Eli the Judgments of God Upon Eli's House' (1780) by John Singleton Copley; the subject comes from the First Book of Samuel: chap.3: v.15-18, where Samuel tells the High Priest Eli of his vision revealing God's condemnation of him and his family; Eli is shown wearing the High Priest's breast-plate or 'choshen' containing twelve precious stones symbolising the twelve tribes of Israel
the scene is taken from the painting 'Samuel Reading to Eli the Judgments of God Upon Eli's House' (1780) by John Singleton Copley; the subject comes from the First Book of Samuel: chap.3: v.15-18, where Samuel tells the High Priest Eli of his vision revealing God's condemnation of him and his family; Eli is shown wearing the High Priest's breast-plate or 'choshen' containing twelve precious stones symbolising the twelve tribes of Israel
