Blue dash chargers and other early English tin enamel circular dishes . y examples, though thisnumber may include a few in the hands ofdealers, Dr Glaisher and Mr Wakefieldhaving the greatest number among are but few examples ])ainted withother religious subjects. On most of those with Adam and Eve thereis a tree with fruit, this fruit as a rule beingyellow or orange in colour, and probably re-presenting the pomegranate, as some examplesof this ware have the pomegranate only astheir design. Many years ago I regarded thisfruit as the orange, and so suggested that itwas a skit o
Blue dash chargers and other early English tin enamel circular dishes . y examples, though thisnumber may include a few in the hands ofdealers, Dr Glaisher and Mr Wakefieldhaving the greatest number among are but few examples ])ainted withother religious subjects. On most of those with Adam and Eve thereis a tree with fruit, this fruit as a rule beingyellow or orange in colour, and probably re-presenting the pomegranate, as some examplesof this ware have the pomegranate only astheir design. Many years ago I regarded thisfruit as the orange, and so suggested that itwas a skit or play on the word in connectionwith William of Orange. The tempting serpent is represented in orcurling round the tree; on some examphsas large, with a calf-like head ; on others as asmaller snake; nearly always with its heail to 93 BLUE DASH CHARGERS tlie right, as we view it, and holding in itsmouth a second fruit for Eve, to replace theone she is handing on to Adam. On mostchargers Adam is on the left and Eve on theright— on our left and right. Both figures. Downman Collection are nude, though their nakedness is usuallycovered with leaves, branches, or the long hairof Eve. Adams hair is bushy, but sometimesit is long, as in Stuart times. The faces areeither full or in profile, and when in profilemany of them are extremely ill formed, as ifin caricature; the bodies also are seldomgraceful. Brass alms dishes exist with Adam 94
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