Stove plate with the fall, Stove plate of cast iron, divided into two zones. The upper zone, in an oval cartouche, depicts the fall with Adam and Eve on either side of a tree, in which a snake coils around the trunk. Eva is standing on the right, raising an arm to the tree. On the left, Adam is standing in the middle with an apple in his hand. The lower zone is largely lost, but appears to have an angel head in the middle at the top, Temptation and Fall (Genesis 3: 1-7), Adam and Eve holding the fruit, the tree of knowledge of good and evil (whose fruit, usually apples or figs, brings death), the tree may be guarded by the serpent, anonymous, Germany, c. 1575 - c. 1625, iron (metal), founding, h 79.0 cm × w 48.5 cm × w 27 kg
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Stove plate, fall, cast iron, divided, two zones, upper zone, oval cartouche, depicts, Adam, Eve, side, tree, snake coils, trunk, Eva, standing, right, raising, arm, left, middle, apple, hand, lower zone, largely lost, angel head, top, Temptation, Fall, Genesis 3, 1-7, Eve holding, fruit, knowledge, good, evil, usually apples, figs, brings death, guarded, serpent, Germany, c, 1575, 1625, iron, metal, founding
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