Dish
ca. 1740 (made)
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The Temptation of Adam and Eve painted and sponged in blue, yellow, bluish green and red. Blue dashes and greenish blue lines at the rim. Sgraffito decoration on the leaves held by Adam and Eve. Three stilt marks on the front (10.2 cms point to point).
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Shiny white on the front. A similar glaze on the back with a few dribbles. A single adhesion like a peg-mark on the back of the rim. The foot-rim has been wiped entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Shape B but deeper and without a groove at the rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Shiny white on the front. A similar glaze on the back with a few dribbles. A single adhesion like a peg-mark on the back of the rim. The foot-rim has been wiped entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Shape B but deeper and without a groove at the rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours |
| Brief description | 'The Temptation' |
| Physical description | The Temptation of Adam and Eve painted and sponged in blue, yellow, bluish green and red. Blue dashes and greenish blue lines at the rim. Sgraffito decoration on the leaves held by Adam and Eve. Three stilt marks on the front (10.2 cms point to point). Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Shiny white on the front. A similar glaze on the back with a few dribbles. A single adhesion like a peg-mark on the back of the rim. The foot-rim has been wiped entirely clean of glaze. Shape: Shape B but deeper and without a groove at the rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Object history | Sothebys. 17:10:1950. Lot 1. Purchased, 1950. |
| Production | Bristol (Limekiln Lane: Josiah Bundy or James Gaynard) or may be Brislington |
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| 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 | A19. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.418-1950 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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