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Dish: The Temptation or Fall
Pottery:
Brislington Pottery
(Probably)
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, yellow and manganese-purple with Adam and Eve beside the Tree of Knowledge
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and blackish-blue, greyish-green, dull yellow, and manganese-purple, and sponged in blackish-blue. Circular with deep curved sides, and everted rim, standing on a footring. The front is decorated with with Adam and Eve standing on either side of the Tree of Knowledge around which a serpent is entwined. The rim is encircled by two narrow blue bands and blue dashes.
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 34.2 cm
Height: 6.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early#
Anne
George I
Circa
1705
CE
-
Circa
1720
CE
Probably made at either the Brislington pottery or one of the Bristol potteries
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purple)
Front
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.1612-1928
Primary reference Number: 72309
Old object number: 1476
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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