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Dish: The Temptation
Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
(Probably)
Pottery:
unidentified Dutch pottery
(Perhaps)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, turquoise-green, and manganese with Adam and Eve standing on either side of the Tree of Knowledge; two manganese-purple bands round the edge
Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed and painted in blue, turquoise-green, and manganese-purple; the reverse also tin-glazed but with large areas of brown due to over-firing. The front is painted with naively-drawn figures of Adam and Eve standing on either side of the Tree of Knowledge in which the devil in the form of a green snake is entwined. On either side there is a green sponged bush and in the foreground horizontal areas of manganese-purple and green. The scene is enclosed by two manganese-purple bands.
History note: Mr Stewart Acton, 12 Prince Albert Street, Brighton from whom purchased for £2.10s. on 3 December 1911 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 34.3 cm
Height: 5.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
William III and Mary II
William III (1750-1702)
Circa
1690
CE
-
1700
CE
Probably made by a London pottery but possibly Dutch
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, turquoise-green, and manganese-purple)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
( discoloured brown on the back)
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.1624-1928
Primary reference Number: 72348
Old object number: 3438
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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