Some Bristol Decorative Styles
A delftware Adam and Eve charger. Made in Bristol c1740, probably at the Limekiln Lane factory, or possibly at Brislington. It is painted in shades of blue, yellow, red and green, with two figures representing Adam and Eve, Eve handing Adam an apple and the snake twined around the apple tree in the centre. The trees have sponged foliage, and around the rim are blue dashes, with circular motifs at regular intervals. The glaze is shiny white on the front, and pinkish on the back. It is of a deep dish form, with a wide foot-rim, which has no groove. On the front are three peg marks (from where a trivet supported the dish above in the saggar). See Britton (3.34) and Archer (A19).