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Dish: the Temptation
Probably
Redcliff Back
(Pottery)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted and sponged in greyish-blue and green, and painted in yellow and red with The Temptation within a blue sponged border
Buff earthenware tin-glazed bluish-white, the front painted and sponged in greyish-blue and green, and painted in yellow and red. Circular with a narrow, slightly everted rim and 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 is entwined by a yellow serpent and has yellow and orange fruits. On each side there are boulders and low bushes. The rim has a border of two blue lines and blue sponging. There is a small C under the rim.
History note: Unidentified lady; Christies 12 February, 1909, lot 101; bought by S. Fenton, Cranbourn Street, for Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 35.2 cm
Height: 7.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Mid 18th Century
George II
Circa
1745
CE
-
1755
1755
CE
Decoration: composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, and red)
bluish-white Tin-glaze buff Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware tin-glazed bluish-white on both sides, painted and sponged in blue and green, and painted in yellow and red; three stilt-marks on the front
Accession number: C.1628-1928
Primary reference Number: 72352
Old object number: 3024
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 (2020) "Dish"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72352 Accessed: 2021-12-07 09:34:05
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Accession Number: C.1615-1928
Accession Number: C.1616-1928
Accession Number: C.206-1928
Accession Number: C.1618-1928
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