Sunderland c. 1860s Odd Fellows Transferware Bowl buddhist mandala painting Dried herbs

Dried herbs

and--much to the horror of various sellers

and with a lace skirt to boot

Structurally the blocks are in great shape

and quite dreamy

Sunderland c. 1860s Odd Fellows Transferware Bowl buddhist mandala painting Dried herbsI love antique Sunderland transferware pieces with verses on them, and while the transfer on this one wasn't very carefully done, I rather love it for that reason, including for the fact that the verse itself speaks to having empathy and forgiving faults! ("Teach me to feel another's woe To hide the fault I see That mercy I to others show That mercy show to me.") On the opposite side, an image of an Independent Order of Odd Fellows all seeing eye,