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Pottery: unidentified London pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, pale 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, pale green, yellow, orange and manganese-purple; the reverse, coated with lead-glaze with radiating streaks of tin-glaze in it. Circular with deep curved sides and slightly everted rim, standing on a footring. The front is painted with Adam and Eve standing on either side of the Tree of Knowledge in which the devil in the form of a serpent is entwined. On either side there are stylized fences and half trees. The edge is encircled by three narrow blue bands, a yellow band, and blue dashes.
History note: Probably purchased in the early 1890s by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 32.2 cm
Height: 7.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Charles II
James II
William III and Mary II
Circa
1670
CE
-
1690
CE
Probably made in London
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, pale green, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple)
Back
composed of
lead-glaze
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.1412-1928
Primary reference Number: 71948
Old object number: 5
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Dish" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71948 Accessed: 2024-11-21 21:22:57
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