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

Spring

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

Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of Spring represented by a girl wearing a wide blue hat, green bodice with pink sleeves, striped skirt and flowered apron, and she is sitting on a rock with a basket of flowers beside her, holding up a nosegay in her right hand, and in front of her is a flowering bush and to one side is a beehive, and the figure is on a rococo scrolled pedestal picked out in gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSpring (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of Spring represented by a girl sitting on a rock with a basket of flowers and holding up a nosegay in her right hand, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1765.
Physical description
Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of Spring represented by a girl wearing a wide blue hat, green bodice with pink sleeves, striped skirt and flowered apron, and she is sitting on a rock with a basket of flowers beside her, holding up a nosegay in her right hand, and in front of her is a flowering bush and to one side is a beehive, and the figure is on a rococo scrolled pedestal picked out in gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
A pair with Winter 414:12/A-1885 (Sch. I 83A).
The pair were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mrs Haliburton, Richmond, for £3 in July 1868
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 83 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:12-1885

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Record createdDecember 10, 2008
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