ENGLISH DELFTWARE POLYCHROME 'ADAM AND EVE' CHARGER CIRCA 1705-30

Probably Bristol or London, painted in the center with the scene of 'Temptation.'

Jonathan Horne Antiques Ltd., London.

There is a haircrack running down the rim all the way to the footrim at 7 o'clock and another shorter haircrack at 4 o'clock starting from beneath the rim edge and running to the footrim with an associated 1/4-inch chip to the footrim. There are several short haircracks running around or across the footrim. The haircracks are not visible from the front. There are very minor typical glaze abrasions to the rimedge,
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See p. 311 for an illustration of this lot.

A very similar charger is illustrated in Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection, p. 58, cat. no. 3.26. Two other examples, most likely painted by the same hand and with the same composition, are illustrated in Michael Archer, Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum, p. 24, cat. nos. A. 36 and A. 37. A similar example was sold at Sotheby's London, October 5, 1993, lot 167.