Summer
Figure
1772-1775 (modelled)
1772-1775 (modelled)
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Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of Summer represented by young man clad in yellow-lined flowered drapery secured by a band passing over his shoulder on which are the zodiac signs; he holds a pair of shears in his right hand with which he is about to shear a ram lying with its legs bound on a green mound, beside which is a keg; he stands on an irregularly shaped base
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Summer (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of Summer represented by young man and a ram, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, modelled 1772-1775 |
| Physical description | Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of Summer represented by young man clad in yellow-lined flowered drapery secured by a band passing over his shoulder on which are the zodiac signs; he holds a pair of shears in his right hand with which he is about to shear a ram lying with its legs bound on a green mound, beside which is a keg; he stands on an irregularly shaped base |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One from a set of the Four Seasons 414:730/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 742 to C) Lady Charlotte Schreiber purchased three of these figures from Mrs Haliburton, Richmond, for £21 in November 1869 and the fourth from Wareham, London, for £10 10 shillings in July 1872 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Other number | Sch. I 742A - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:730/A-1885 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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