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

Autumn

Figure
1772-1775 (modelled)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Autumn represented by a woman with a sickle and ears of corn in her hands and an overturned basket of fruit is at her feet; she wears a pink-lined mantle over a loose robe, both diapered with flowers and gold, a belt with the zodiac signs, and purple sandals; she stands on an irregularly shaped base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAutumn (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Autumn represented by a woman, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, modelled 1772-1775.
Physical description
Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Autumn represented by a woman with a sickle and ears of corn in her hands and an overturned basket of fruit is at her feet; she wears a pink-lined mantle over a loose robe, both diapered with flowers and gold, a belt with the zodiac signs, and purple sandals; she stands on an irregularly shaped base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.4cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One from a set of the Four Seasons 414:730/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 742 to C).
Lady Charlotte Schreiber purchased three of these figures from Mrs Haliburton, Richmond, for £21 in November 1869 and the fourth from Wareham, London, for £10 10 shillings in July 1872
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 742B - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:730/B-1885

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
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