Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 20
A LONDON DELFTWARE POTTERY ADAM AND EVE CHARGER
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £4200
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Description
A LONDON DELFTWARE POTTERY ADAM AND EVE CHARGER
ATTRIBUTED TO NORFOLK HOUSE, C.1720-30
painted in blue, green and yellow with Adam and Eve standing either side of the Tree of Knowledge, with the serpent coiled in the sponged decorated branches, the blue-dash rim with a yellow line
34.8cm diameter
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Catalogue Note
See Michael Archer, 'Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum', for five related chargers, A32, 33, 35, 36 and 37. It is thought that these chargers were made at Norfolk House.