A Bristol delftware Adam and Eve charger, circa 1720
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A Bristol delftware Adam and Eve charger, circa 1720
Painted in blue and green with yellow and red highlights, Eve handing the apple to Adam, standing before the spreading Tree of Knowledge with the coiling serpent above them, flanked by green sponged trees, within a blue dash rim, 34cm diam (broken and restored)
Sold for £2,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Jonathan Horne Antiques. A very similar Bristol Adam and Eve charger, probably painted by the same hand, from The Benjamin Edwards collection was sold by Christie's New York, 26 January 2010, lot 359. Other similar examples are illustrated by Michael Archer, Delftware (1997) p.85, no.A20 and by Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection (1982), fig.2.

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics

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