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

Spring

Figure
ca. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a woman emblematical of Spring, from a set of the Seasons, soft-paste porcelain. She is standing dressed in white, with a full skirt which she is lifting with her left hand, pink necktie, and white hat with pink ribbon. She carries a basket of flowers over her right arm. Flat circular base with applied flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSpring (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours
Brief description
Figure of a woman emblematical of Spring, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours, Chelsea Porcelain factory, England (London), about 1755
Physical description
Figure of a woman emblematical of Spring, from a set of the Seasons, soft-paste porcelain. She is standing dressed in white, with a full skirt which she is lifting with her left hand, pink necktie, and white hat with pink ribbon. She carries a basket of flowers over her right arm. Flat circular base with applied flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.3cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot
Object history
London, Sotheby's, 04/03/1932.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.107-1938

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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