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\HE dishes we now figure are of great interest from their 

 ' being occasionally met with in some of the most out-of- 

 the-way places, both at home and on the Continent. 



They are made of such different materials as Porcelain and 

 Metals, and seem at one time to have been in general use, though 

 their object and purpose is now well-nigh forgotten. 



Different, however, as may be both the kind of porcelain or 

 of metals, they are ornamented upon a similar plan, the principal 

 figures, Adam and Eve Adam to the right and Eve to the left 

 of the Apple tree, with the serpent twisted round the stem of 

 the tree, in a more or less picturesque attitude the picture being 

 usually a graphic illustration of the Temptation and Fall of our 

 first parents. 



On one of our visits to Eax House, Bridport, Mrs. Colfox 

 kindly produced for the inspection of the Club a very interesting 

 series of Porcelain and Faience objects, many of which are very 

 curious, and amongst these was the dish. Fig. 1 . 



The material was that of the better kind of delph ware, and 

 the figures, which are freely drawn, represent Eve with flowing 

 flaxen-coloured hair presenting to Adam an apple with the right 

 hand, while taking a fruit from the serpent's mouth with tho 

 left. The tree is dotted over with large and conspicuous apples 

 of the yellow tint of ripeness. 



This dish, we understand, was obtained from the county where 

 we should not be surprised if others were met with in some of 

 the old-fashioned houses, or even in cottages in out-of-the-way 

 districts. 



