Winter
Candlestick
ca. 1760-1765 (made)
ca. 1760-1765 (made)
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Figural candlestick in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, modelled as Vulcan, representing Winter, with a putto, warming themselves at a brazier and on a rococo scrollwork base; Vulcan has a fur-lined purple cloak thrown round him and he stands holding his hands towards the brazier which rests on a branch of the scrolled stem supporting the grease-pan and socket; the putto is seated on a stump wearing yellow drapery painted with red roses. From a set of four representing the Seasons.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Winter (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figural candlestick in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, representing Winter with a boy and an old man, on a florid rococo scrolled base, warming themselves at a brazier, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1760-65 |
| Physical description | Figural candlestick in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, modelled as Vulcan, representing Winter, with a putto, warming themselves at a brazier and on a rococo scrollwork base; Vulcan has a fur-lined purple cloak thrown round him and he stands holding his hands towards the brazier which rests on a branch of the scrolled stem supporting the grease-pan and socket; the putto is seated on a stump wearing yellow drapery painted with red roses. From a set of four representing the Seasons. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Boasberg, Amsterdam, for £4 10 shillings in October 1869. (In her Journals, vol. I, p. 45, she recorded: 'We purchased ... a fine Bow candlestick, representing Winter in thoroughly good order ...'). |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Bradshaw, Peter. Bow Porcelain Figures, circa 1748-1774. 1992, fig. 108-110 |
| Other number | Sch. I 94 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:95-1885 |
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| Record created | December 11, 2008 |
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