A Large Late 18thC Earthenware Plaque of The Fall of Adam and Eve & The Tree of Knowledge c.1780 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews Make it do or do

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The box would have probably been used to keep letters and documents in

it is believed that the trademark mouse came about after a brief conversation between work colleagues who referred to ‘being as poor as a church mouse’ and thereafter Thompson carved a mouse into his works

It has a very good patina compared to others seen on the market

A Large Late 18thC Earthenware Plaque of The Fall of Adam and Eve & The Tree of Knowledge c.1780 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews Make it do or doOrigin: English Period: George III Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1780 Height: 17 Width: 13 Depth: 0. 75 A large and evocative late eighteenth century earthenware plaque of arched form depicting Adam and Eve beneath the Tree of Knowledge, shown at the moment of temptation, with Eve holding the apple and Adam reaching toward the trunk, the serpent emerging from within the split tree, the scene rendered in a restrained palette of manganese brown, copper