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Dish: The Temptation or Fall
Pottery:
Limekiln Lane
(Probably)
Pottery:
Brislington Pottery
Potter:
Bundy, Josiah
(Possibly)
Potter:
Gaynard, James
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, dark green, yellow and red, and sponged in green, with Adam and Eve standing on either side of the Tree of Knowledge, surrounded by two blue bands and blue dash border
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed, painted and sponged in green, and painted in blue, yellow, and red. The reverse is slip-coated and tin-glazed. Circular with deep curved sides, standing on a footring. The front is decorated with Adam and Eve standing on either side of the Tree of Knowledge which has yellow fruits with red stripes and a yellow and red striped serpent twined in its branches.Adam and Eve hold large leaves. On the right and left there are three-tiered sponged trees. The rim encircled by two narrow blue bands and broad blue dashes.
History note: Acquired before 1902 in Clovelly, North Devon, by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 33.3 cm
Height: 7.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, second quarter#
George II
Circa
1735
CE
-
1745
CE
Probably made at the Limekiln Lane pottery during the prprietorship of Josiah Bundy or James Gaynard, or perhaps at Brislington pottery
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, dark green, yellow, and red)
Back
buff
Earthenware
white on front, pale grey on back
Tin-glaze
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the front and painted in blue, dark green, yellow, and red, and sponged in green; three stilt marks. The reverse is coated with a pale slip under tin-glaze, which has been wiped off the footring.
Accession number: C.1623-1928
Primary reference Number: 72347
Old object number: 4
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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