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Culture:English
Title:figure: Adam and Eve
Date Made:1820-1840
Type:Household Accessory
Materials:ceramic: lead glaze with cobalt oxide over refined earthenware (pearlware) with overglaze polychrome enamels
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Staffordshire
Measurements:overall: 5 7/8 x 4 x 3 in.; 14.3002 x 10.16 x 7.62 cm
Accession Number:  HD 93.005.10
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
English pearlware, press-molded figure of Adam and Eve painted in overglaze enamels including green, salmon, rust red, yellow, black, and blue. There are two nude, winged figures, with their arms embracing, standing in front of a tree with a bird, on a flat base with an apple and snake (probably a replacement). The marblelized, octagonal base has clipped corners, and the underside is marked in black ink "43 KG."

Tags:
nudes

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