A Large Late 18thC Earthenware Plaque of The Fall of Adam and Eve & The Tree of Knowledge c.1780

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A Large Late 18thC Earthenware Plaque of The Fall of Adam and Eve & The Tree of Knowledge c.1780Origin: 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

collaborated with the artists Tim Sheward and Andy McGuigan on an exclusive design project

On the back wall is a shelf with painted pottery items

fibreglass and multi-coloured silks

with lift off air tight glazed lid and black cotton surround

which include two small leaves absent

the original layer of newspaper dating to 1867

Due to severe flooding in 2012 the current Duke of Northumberland was forced to sell £15million worth of art and antiques including paintings by Old Masters and letters signed by Queen Elizabeth I

To the other flank

The use of a limited colour palette

Campbell transformed a nation's vision of what a grand stately home should be

mounted on a wooden pole terminating in a painted pointed finial

The crowns are representative of the crowns of the Magi

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