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Dish: The Temptation
Pottery:
Unidentified Bristol pottery
(Probably)
Pottery:
Brislington Pottery
(Possibly)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted and sponged in blue, and painted in green, yellow, and brownish-red with Adam and Eve standing beside the Tree of Knowledge
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed, painted and sponged in blue, and painted in green, yellow and brownish red. Circular with a wide sloping rim and curved well, standing on a footring. The front is decorated with Adam and Eve standing to the left of the Tree of Knowledge with a sponged two-tier tree further to the left. Eve is shown in profile with her back to the Tree. Round the edge there are blue and yellow bands and blue dashes.
History note: Sotheby’s 19 May, 1927, Porcelain and pottery, objects of vertu, boxes, tea caddies, lot 81; bought by Hunt for Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge .
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 36.1 cm
Height: 7.5 cm
Height: 3 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Early#
George I
George II
Circa
1720
CE
-
1740
CE
This dish is extremely unusual in showing Eve in profile and both Adam and Eve to the left of the Tree of Knowledge instead of one on each side. It was probably made in Bristol or Brislington.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, dull green, yellow, and brownish-red)
Back
composed of
tin-glaze
( greyish-white)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
( white)
buff Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware the front tin-glazed and painted and sponged in blue, and also painted in dull green, yellow, and brownish-red; the back has tin-glaze with thick dribbles radiating from the foot and many bubble holes around the outer edge, and three finger marks at one point near the edge
Accession number: C.1629-1928
Primary reference Number: 72353
Old object number: 4960
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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