Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Autumn

Figure
ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of Autumn in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Autumn is represented by a girl with a basket of fruit on her right hand and a bunch of grapes in her left hand. On a circular base with a wide gilt band.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAutumn (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure of Autumn in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1820.
Physical description
Figure of Autumn in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Autumn is represented by a girl with a basket of fruit on her right hand and a bunch of grapes in her left hand. On a circular base with a wide gilt band.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'D' under a crown and crossed batons with two dots (In red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Part of a set of the Four Seasons C.283 to C-1935.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.283B-1935

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Record createdJuly 6, 2009
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