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Dish: The Temptation
Probably
unidentified London pottery
(Pottery)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome with the Temptation of Adam and Eve and a blue-dash border; the reverse has pale yellow lead-glaze
Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed, and painted in blue, pale copper-green, yellow, orange and manganese-purple; the reverse, lead-glazed pale yellow. Circular with curved sides and everted rim, standing on a footring which is pierced by a single hole. Adam and Eve stand on either side of the Tree of Knowledge, around which a serpent is coiled. Eve faces front, Adam is shown in three-quarter view with a leaf growing out of the tree hiding his 'nakedness'. The Devil sits at the base of the tree trunk. On either side there is a small three-tier tree. The edge is encircled by a yellow band and blue dashes. Three very small spur marks are in the middle of the front.
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Diameter: 43.8 cm
Height: 9.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Given
(1932-10)
by
Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Late 17th Century
Charles II
James II
Circa
1670
CE
-
1690
1690
CE
Decoration: composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, pale copper-green, yellow, orange and manganese-purple) Back: composed of lead-glaze ( pale yellow) Front: composed of tin-glaze
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.182-1932
Primary reference Number: 72709
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2020) "Dish"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72709 Accessed: 2021-12-07 09:34:40
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