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

Winter

Figure
ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a putto emblematic of winter (from a set of the Four Seasons), in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt. The child wears a pale yellow cap lined with fur and a long cloak also lined with fur. He is warming his left hand at a brazier.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWinter (series title)
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
'Winter' from a set of the Four Seasons, hard paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, from a model attributed to Konrad Linck, Frankenthal Porcelain Factory, Germany (Frankenthal), ca. 1765
Physical description
Figure of a putto emblematic of winter (from a set of the Four Seasons), in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt. The child wears a pale yellow cap lined with fur and a long cloak also lined with fur. He is warming his left hand at a brazier.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
'C.T.' in monogram, under a crown, in blue
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke
Production
From a model attributed to Konrad Linck.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.960-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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