Dish
ca. 1740 (made)
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The Temptation of Adam and Eve painted in blue, yellow, green and red. Blue dashes and lines at the rim. A partial circle of glaze removed at the centre by the foot of the dish fired with it. Three stilt marks on the front (8/8.5 cms point to point).
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Dull white on the front. A thin pinkish tin-glaze covers virtually the entire back with areas of whiter tin-glaze slopped over from the front around the rim. The foot-rim has been wiped entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Shape B with wider foot-rim and without a groove at the rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Dull white on the front. A thin pinkish tin-glaze covers virtually the entire back with areas of whiter tin-glaze slopped over from the front around the rim. The foot-rim has been wiped entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Shape B with wider foot-rim and without a groove at the rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | 'The Temptation' |
| Physical description | The Temptation of Adam and Eve painted in blue, yellow, green and red. Blue dashes and lines at the rim. A partial circle of glaze removed at the centre by the foot of the dish fired with it. Three stilt marks on the front (8/8.5 cms point to point). Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Dull white on the front. A thin pinkish tin-glaze covers virtually the entire back with areas of whiter tin-glaze slopped over from the front around the rim. The foot-rim has been wiped entirely clean of glaze. Shape: Shape B with wider foot-rim and without a groove at the rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr R. J. Charleston |
| Object history | Mr L.L. Lipski, London. Given by Mr R.J. Charleston, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1981. |
| Production | Bristol (Limekiln Lane: Josiah Bundy or James Gaynard) or may be Brislington |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8 |
| Other number | A20. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.149-1981 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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