Bacchus representing Autumn
Figure
1765-1770 (made)
1765-1770 (made)
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Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, of Bacchus with a youthful satyr, representing Autumn, and Bacchus stands by a tree stump from which springs a vine with bunches of green and purple grapes and foliage, and the branches of the vine are wreathed about his naked body, and with his left hand he holds a bunch of grapes above his mouth, and the satyr is seated behind him on a barrel with a cup held to his lips, and they are both supported on a rococo scrolled base.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, of Bacchus with a youthful satyr, representing Autumn, from a set of The Classical Seasons, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1765-1770. |
| Physical description | Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, of Bacchus with a youthful satyr, representing Autumn, and Bacchus stands by a tree stump from which springs a vine with bunches of green and purple grapes and foliage, and the branches of the vine are wreathed about his naked body, and with his left hand he holds a bunch of grapes above his mouth, and the satyr is seated behind him on a barrel with a cup held to his lips, and they are both supported on a rococo scrolled base. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a set of the Four Seasons, copied from a Meissen figure, probably modelled by Johann Friedrich Eberlien, ca. 1740 Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Van der Pluyne (or Plyune), Rotterdam, for £8 in October 1873. Acquired as Chelsea porcelain. |
| Production | Label - copied from a Meissen figure probably modelled by Eberlein ca. 1740. |
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| Other number | Sch. I 341 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:180-1885 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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