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Autumn
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Autumn
- Object:
Figure
- Place of origin:
London (made)
- Date:
ca. 1765-70 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Bow Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and slightly gilded
- Credit Line:
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
- Museum number:
414:23-1885
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case A, shelf 1
Physical description
Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and slightly gilded, of a male gardener representing Autumn wearing a green-lined crimson coat, figured waistcoat, flowered breeches, and a dark blue apron, and he holds a black cocked hat in his heft hand and holds up his apron laden with fruit with his right hand, and he stands beside a stump of a cherry tree with fruit and foliage on a round base on which are applied flowers and leaves
Place of Origin
London (made)
Date
ca. 1765-70 (made)
Artist/maker
Bow Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and slightly gilded
Dimensions
Height: 35.6 cm
Object history note
The figure is adapted from a Chelsea model, also in the Schreiber Collection, 414:193-1885 (Sch. I 198)
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Walker's sale, Sotheby's for £31 in May 1873
Descriptive line
Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and slightly gilded, of a male gardener representing Autumn, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1765-70.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Bradshaw, Peter. Bow Porcelain Figures, circa 1748-1774. 1992, fig. 215
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Painted; Gilded
Subjects depicted
Man; Flowers; Autumn; Tree
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain
Collection
Ceramics Collection
