A Bristol delftware Adam and Eve Charger, circa 1730-40
Probably Limekiln Lane, with a scene of The Temptation in dark blue and green with highlights in red, the serpent and the fruit picked out in bright yellow, the figures of Adam and Eve facing one another and both holding a leaf to hide their shame, within a boldly-painted blue dash rim, the underside with a thin tin glaze, 31.5cm diam
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Exhibited:The Merchant's House, Marlborough, Wiltshire, 2010-2018Related examples are discussed by Michael Archer, Delftware (1997), pp.84-85, figs. A19/A20 and also in Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum (2013), figs. A40/A41.