Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 12th February 2013
Lot 14
A rare salt-glazed stoneware figure of Eve c.1745
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £700
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Description
A rare salt-glazed stoneware figure of Eve c.1745, standing and holding the Forbidden Fruit to her chest, raised on a circular base impressed with a diamond design, detailed in brown and blue, 10.6cm.
Cf. The Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain, Vol. II, no.796 for an identical example.