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Dish: The Temptation or Fall: C.1617-1928

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Titles

Dish: The Temptation or Fall

Maker(s)

Pottery: Norfolk House (Possibly)
Pottery: unidentified London pottery

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, and yellow

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed and painted in blue, sage-green, yellow, and a little red, and sponged in blue. The reverse is lead-glazed over a pale slip. The dish is circular with deep curved sides and everted rim, and stands on a footring. The front is decorated with Adam and Eve standing on either side of the Tree of Knowledge around which the Serpent is entwined. On each side there are low sponged bushes and in the foreground, small blue plants on a green ground.

Notes

History note: William Austin and Co, 110, Oxford Street, London (a furniture shop), from whom purchased on 9 January, 1904 for £4.4.0. by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 34.5 cm
Diameter: 13½ in
Height: 8.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Early
Anne
George I
George II
Circa 1705 CE - 1730 CE

Note

Probably made in a London pottery possibly at Norfolk House, Lambeth

School or Style

Baroque

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, sage-green, yellow, and red)
Back composed of lead-glaze ( clear, shiny) slip ( pale cream)
Front composed of tin-glaze

Materials used in production

buff Earthenware

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1617-1928
Primary reference Number: 72314
Old object number: 2565

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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