Winter
Figure
ca. 1760-64 (made)
ca. 1760-64 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of a boy, emblematic of Winter; he is wrapping himself in a fur-lined brown cloak and leans against a holly-bush with a brazier at his feet, and stands on a rococo scrolled base with applied flowers and foliage.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Winter (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of a boy, emblematic of Winter, probably Vauxhall Porcelain Factory, Vauxhall, ca. 1760-64 |
| Physical description | Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of a boy, emblematic of Winter; he is wrapping himself in a fur-lined brown cloak and leans against a holly-bush with a brazier at his feet, and stands on a rococo scrolled base with applied flowers and foliage. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'K' [Impressed] |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Cohen, London, for £1 in June 1868. Acquired as Bow porcelain. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | For this model, see Simon Spero, 'Vauxhall porcelain: A Tentative Chronology', English Ceramic Circle Transactions, vol. 18, part 2 (2003), fig. 64, where dated ca. 1762-64 |
| Other number | Sch. I 695 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:27-1885 |
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| Record created | February 4, 2009 |
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