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Dish: The Temptation
Pottery: unidentified London pottery (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple with Adam and Eve on either side of the Tree of Knowledge; round the edge, a yellow circle and blue dashes
Dark buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed and painted in blue,yellowish-green, yellow, dull orange, and manganese-purple; the reverse is lead-glazed greenish-yellow. Circular with curved sides and slightly everted rim, standing on a footring. The front is painted with Adam and Eve standing on either side of the Tree of Knowledge around which the devil in the form of a snake is entwined. On either side there are half stylized trees, and in the foreground rough stripes of yellow and green. The edge is encircled by a yellow band and blue dashes.
History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 32.3 cm
Diameter: 12 3/4 in
Height: 7.2 cm
Height: 2 13/16 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Late
Charles II
James II
William III and Mary II
Circa
1680
CE
-
1690
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, yellow, orange, and manganese-purple)
Reverse
composed of
lead-glaze
( greenish-yellow)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Back
dark buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.1438-1928
Primary reference Number: 72001
Old object number: 1468
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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