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Dish: The Temptation
Possibly
Norfolk House
(Pottery)
Possibly
unidentified London pottery
(Pottery)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome with The Temptation and a blue-dash border
Buff earthenware, the front tin-glazed and painted in blue, turquoise-green, yellow, and brownish-red, and sponged in blue. The reverse is coated with a pale slip and a pale brown tin-glaze. Circular with a wide sloping rim, and shallow curved well, standing on a footring. The front is decorated with Adam and Eve on either side of the Tree of Knowledge which is entwined by the Serpent. On each side there is a sponged tree and in the foreground blue plants on a green ground. Round the edge there is a blue circle, a yellow circle and blue dashes.
History note: Unknown, probably acquired c. 1900-1905 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 35.5 cm
Diameter: 14 in
Height: 7.3 cm
Height: 2 7/8 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Early 18th Century
Anne
George I
Circa
1705
CE
-
1720
CE
Probably made in the London area, possibly at Norfolk House, Lambeth
Decoration Front composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, and brownish-red) Back composed of lead-glaze ( brown) slip Front composed of tin-glaze Decoration
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.1616-1928
Primary reference Number: 72313
Old object number: 1311
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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Accession Number: C.1615-1928
Accession Number: C.206-1928
Accession Number: C.1618-1928
Accession Number: C.1617-1928
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