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The Temptation
Pottery:
unidentified London pottery
Pottery:
Unknown
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, yellow, and manganese-purple with Adam and Eve standing on either side of the Tree of Knowledge; round the edge, two manganese lines
Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed and painted in blue, yellow and manganese-purple, and sponged in blue; the reverse is covered with thick greenish-lead-glaze. Circular with a sloping rim and curved well, standing on a footring. The well is decorated with Adam and Eve standing on either side of the Tree of Knowledge which has yellow fruits and a serpent twined about the upper trunk. On the right and left there are low sponged bushes. The edge is encircled by two narrow manganese bands.
History note: Mr Jolley, a Cambridge dealer from whom bought on 28 September 1905 for £4 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 35 cm
Diameter: 13½ in
Height: 6.9 cm
Height: 2 3/8 in
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
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, yellow, and manganese)
Back
composed of
tin-glaze
( greenish)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
( off-white)
buff Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed and painted in blue, yellow and manganese-purple high-temperature colours , and sponged in blue; the reverse is covered with thick greenish-lead-glaze
Accession number: C.1625-1928
Primary reference Number: 72349
Old object number: 2513
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Temptation" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72349 Accessed: 2024-11-25 03:10:34
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