Autumn
Figure
ca. 1765-70 (made)
ca. 1765-70 (made)
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Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and slightly gilded, of a male gardener representing Autumn wearing a green-lined crimson coat, figured waistcoat, flowered breeches, and a dark blue apron, and he holds a black cocked hat in his heft hand and holds up his apron laden with fruit with his right hand, and he stands beside a stump of a cherry tree with fruit and foliage on a round base on which are applied flowers and leaves
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Autumn (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and slightly gilded |
| Brief description | Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and slightly gilded, of a male gardener representing Autumn, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1765-70. |
| Physical description | Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and slightly gilded, of a male gardener representing Autumn wearing a green-lined crimson coat, figured waistcoat, flowered breeches, and a dark blue apron, and he holds a black cocked hat in his heft hand and holds up his apron laden with fruit with his right hand, and he stands beside a stump of a cherry tree with fruit and foliage on a round base on which are applied flowers and leaves |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | The figure is adapted from a Chelsea model, also in the Schreiber Collection, 414:193-1885 (Sch. I 198) Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Walker's sale, Sotheby's for £31 in May 1873 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Bradshaw, Peter. Bow Porcelain Figures, circa 1748-1774. 1992, fig. 215 |
| Other number | Sch. I 85 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:23-1885 |
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| Record created | December 11, 2008 |
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