Summer and Autumn
Group
ca. 1759-1769 (made)
ca. 1759-1769 (made)
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Group, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, representing Summer and Autumn, of a woman holding a sickle, with corn and two birds at her feet, and a gardener carrying fruit in his apron, standing in front of an apple tree; the woman has flowers in her hair and a wide blue hat hanging round her neck; she wears a red bodice and a blue-lined skirt with gilt flowers, caught up so as to show a richly figured petticoat; the gardener is clad in a crimson coat with gilt flowers, red breeches, and blue apron; he holds a green hat in his left hand; on a gilt rococo scrolled base with applied flowers and foliage
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Title | Summer and Autumn (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
Brief description | Group, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, representing Summer and Autumn, of a woman holding a sickle and a gardener carrying fruit in his apron, made by Chelsea Porcelain factory, London. ca. 1759-1769 |
Physical description | Group, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, representing Summer and Autumn, of a woman holding a sickle, with corn and two birds at her feet, and a gardener carrying fruit in his apron, standing in front of an apple tree; the woman has flowers in her hair and a wide blue hat hanging round her neck; she wears a red bodice and a blue-lined skirt with gilt flowers, caught up so as to show a richly figured petticoat; the gardener is clad in a crimson coat with gilt flowers, red breeches, and blue apron; he holds a green hat in his left hand; on a gilt rococo scrolled base with applied flowers and foliage |
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Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
Object history | One of a pair with group Winter and Spring 414:193-1885 (Sch. I 198) One figure was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Wareham, London, for £115 in February 1871, and the other from Wertheimer, London, for £90 in February 1871 |
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Other number | Sch. I 198A - Schreiber number |
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Accession number | 414:193/A-1885 |
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Record created | December 18, 2008 |
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