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Lot 90

A London delftware Adam and Eve charger, circa 1665-80

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A London delftware Adam and Eve charger, circa 1665-80

Boldly painted in blue, green, manganese and yellow, Eve reaching to take an apple from the striped serpent that encircles the tree, as she passes another apple to Adam, a leafy branch from the base of the tree protecting his modesty, the foreground with a distinctive striped decoration, the blue-dash rim edged with a yellow line, 31.5cm diam, (fine riveted crack with associated chip to under-rim)

Footnotes

The development of the 'Temptation' design on blue-dash chargers is well illustrated by many examples in the Fitzwilliam Museum, see Michael Archer's catalogue, Delftware (2013), pp.16-27 and in particular pls.A.22-A.23, A closely related example from the John H. Bryan collection is illustrated by Dwight Lanmon, The Golden Age of English Glass (2011), p.151, fig.82. Archer notes that the subject on English chargers initially derives from a print by Crispijn de Passe the Elder.

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