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Dish: The Temptation
Pottery: unidentified London pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple with Adam and Eve on either side of the Tree of Knowledge; blue dash border
Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed and painted in blue, green, yellow, orange and manganese-purple; the reverse, is lead-glazed pale yellow, probably over a coating of slip. Circular with deep curved slides and slightly everted rim, standing on a footring, which is pierced by a hole. The front is painted with standing figures of Adam and Eve on either side of the Tree of Knowledge in which the devil in the form of a snake is entwined. On either side there is half of a stylized tree. The edge is encircled by two narrow blue bands, a yellow band and blue dashes.
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 41.5 cm
Height: 8.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Charles II
Circa
1660
CE
-
1680
CE
Probably made by a London pottery
Decorfation
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, orange and manganese-purple)
Back
composed of
lead-glaze
( pale yellow)
slip
( pale-coloured)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Decoration
Accession number: C.1411-1928
Primary reference Number: 71943
Old object number: R 993
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Dish: The Temptation" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71943 Accessed: 2024-11-24 16:10:41
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