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A Bristol delftware Adam and Eve charger, circa 1730-40 image 1
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Offered in support of Art Fund
Lot 127

A Bristol delftware Adam and Eve charger, circa 1730-40

15 April 2025, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,840 inc. premium

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A Bristol delftware Adam and Eve charger, circa 1730-40

Probably Limekiln Lane, boldly painted in blue, green, yellow and red with 'The Temptation', Eve offering forbidden fruit to Adam, the striped serpent in the bough of the tree above, further sponged trees and a fence in the foreground, the border with alternating blue dashes and circles, the back with thin tin glaze, 35cm diam

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Provenance
With Tony Belton, 1982
Graham Slater Collection

During the 1720s and 30s the depiction of Adam and Eve becomes more crude and somewhat debased. The present lot has an unusual geometric border, not strictly a blue-dash rim. Graham Slater also noted a peculiar addition to this charger, the garters tied about the knees of Adam and Eve, which somehow emphasise their nakedness.

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