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