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Maker: Unknown (Probably)
Red earthenware, the front coated with white slip. Incised decoration with cut-away background, painted in greyish-blue, green, and brownish-yellow under lead glaze which extends unevenly over the back. Circular with very shallow curved sides (Shape 96).
An allegory. Two women seated on each side of a tree entwined by a serpent. The one on the left (Eve?) holds the serpent's head; the other (Pandora?) holds an open box. Behind each woman is a small tree. In the foreground, a woman approaches from the left towards a bird standing on top of an oval box beside a tree, and a man holding a bird approaches from the right towards an open box on the other side of the tree. Round the edge is a border of slanting S-scrolls between 'ropes'.
History note: Unknown before donor; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 34.0 cm
Height: 4.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Late#
Circa
1875
CE
-
1900
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( in greyish-blue, green, and brownish-yellow)
Front
Accession number: C.1791-1928
Primary reference Number: 72617
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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