Spring
Figure
ca. 1770 (made)
ca. 1770 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Figure, in white glazed hard-paste porcelain, of a boy, emblematic of Spring from a set of the Four Seasons, slightly draped and holding a bunch of flowers in his right hand and resting his left hand on a branch of a flowering tree at his back
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Spring (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Glazed hard-paste porcelain |
| Brief description | Figure, in white glazed hard-paste porcelain, of a boy, emblematic of Spring from a set of the Four Seasons, slightly draped and holding a bunch of flowers, made by Plymouth Porcelain Factory, Plymouth, ca. 1770 |
| Physical description | Figure, in white glazed hard-paste porcelain, of a boy, emblematic of Spring from a set of the Four Seasons, slightly draped and holding a bunch of flowers in his right hand and resting his left hand on a branch of a flowering tree at his back |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a pair with 414:695/A-1885 (Sch. I 684A) Lady Charlotte Schreiber purchased these figures Miss Tregellis, Knightsbridge, for 5 shillings in November 1868 and from Mr C. Prideaux, Knightsbridge, also for 5 shillings in November 1868 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Other number | Sch. I 684 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:695-1885 |
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| Record created | February 3, 2009 |
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