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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Summer and Autumn

Group
ca. 1759-1769 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSummer 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
Dimensions
  • Height: 32.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • An anchor (In gold)
  • 'R' [Impressed]
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
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 198A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:193/A-1885

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Record createdDecember 18, 2008
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