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Autumn
Meyer, Friedrich Elias - Enlarge image
Autumn
- Object:
Figure
- Place of origin:
Meissen, Germany (made)
- Date:
mid 18th century (made)
ca. 1752 (modelled) - Artist/Maker:
Meyer, Friedrich Elias (modeller)
Meissen porcelain factory (manufacturer) - Materials and Techniques:
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke
- Museum number:
C.947-1919
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 23, shelf 6
Physical description
Figure of Bacchus symbolising 'Autumn', from a set of the Four Seasons, of hard-paste porcelain. Dancing and clothed in a deer skin, crowned with grapevine and raising a bunch of grapes. Stump support; a basket of grapes rests on the rococo base. Painted with enamel colours and gilt.
Place of Origin
Meissen, Germany (made)
Date
mid 18th century (made)
ca. 1752 (modelled)
Artist/maker
Meyer, Friedrich Elias (modeller)
Meissen porcelain factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Marks and inscriptions
Crossed swords (faint)
Dimensions
Height: 14.6 cm
Descriptive line
Figure of Bacchus symbolising 'Autumn', from a set of the Four Seasons, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, modelled by F. E. Meyer about 1752, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, mid 18th century
Production Note
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Materials
Hard paste porcelain
Techniques
Painted; Gilt
Subjects depicted
Bacchus; Autumn
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics; Figures & Decorative ceramics
Collection code
CER
