Adam and Eve and the Serpent, Fabulous Mid Century Enameled Copper Plate ace of hearts made by Empire Brush Works

made by Empire Brush Works of Port Chester

This is an unmatched but closely related pair of Chinese porcelain ‘Kitchen Ming’ dishes

and I imagine once housed in an oval frame like a silhoutte

as well as being carried for good luck

with this wonderful floating boy with spear after a seal at top

Adam and Eve and the Serpent, Fabulous Mid Century Enameled Copper Plate ace of hearts made by Empire Brush WorksPure delight finding this one. I love how this very young looking Adam holds up his hand in a sort of friendly, ineffectual wave. goodbye to innocence! while our vixen esque Eve looks quite ready to run away with the serpent! Pretty great use of branches and hair to conceal their bodies, too! Enamel on copper, mid 20th century, with a sort of mottled blue and white ground that gives it the feel of an aerial view of the earth itself . 8" in diameter