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Dish: The Temptation or Fall
Pottery: Norfolk House (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenwre painted in blue, yellowish-green, and red with Adam and Eve on either side of the Tree of Knowledge
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue, green, and red. The front is decorated with Adam and Eve standing on either side of the Tree of Knowledge which has red fruits, and a serpent entwined in its branches. To the right and left there are sponged blue trees and on the green foreground, plants. Round the edge there is a blue band, a broader 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: 34.9 cm
Height: 7.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early#
Anne
George I
George II
Circa
1705
CE
-
Circa
1730
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blackish-blue, yellowish-green, and red derived from metallic oxides)
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, probably press-moulded, tin-glazed and painted in blackish-blue, yellowish-green, and red; the back may have been coated in pale slip before glazing and the glaze has been partly wiped off the footring.
Accession number: C.1613-1928
Primary reference Number: 72310
Old object number: 2
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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