Summer and Autumn
Figure Group
1775-1780 (made)
1775-1780 (made)
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Figure group in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of a girl standing with a sickle and a sheaf of corn, representing Summer, and Autumn is symbolised by a boy seated on a barrel holding bunches of grapes, and the girl wears a pink-lined white hat, a light blue laced bodice, and a white apron over a striped skirt, and the boy wears a pink coat, flowered waistcoat, and yellow breeches, and he holds his black hat which is full of grapes in his right hand, and they are both placed on a green mound with a tree trunk beside them.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure group in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of Summer and Autumn from The Four Seasons, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1775-1780. |
| Physical description | Figure group in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, of a girl standing with a sickle and a sheaf of corn, representing Summer, and Autumn is symbolised by a boy seated on a barrel holding bunches of grapes, and the girl wears a pink-lined white hat, a light blue laced bodice, and a white apron over a striped skirt, and the boy wears a pink coat, flowered waistcoat, and yellow breeches, and he holds his black hat which is full of grapes in his right hand, and they are both placed on a green mound with a tree trunk beside them. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'No 68' (Figure model number incised on base) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Van Minden, Rotterdam, for £6 in October 1874 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 350 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:417-1885 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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