Winter
Figure
1772-1775 (modelled)
1772-1775 (modelled)
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Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Winter represented by a bearded man, slightly stooping, and with a faggot under his left arm; his right hand leans on a crutch, and he is wrapped in a yellow-lined flowered mantle, which covers his head, over a flowered tunic, loose white trousers and black shoes; round his waist is a girdle with zodiac signs; he stands on an irregularly shaped base
Object details
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| Title | Winter (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Winter represented by a bearded man, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, modelled in 1772-1775. |
| Physical description | Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Winter represented by a bearded man, slightly stooping, and with a faggot under his left arm; his right hand leans on a crutch, and he is wrapped in a yellow-lined flowered mantle, which covers his head, over a flowered tunic, loose white trousers and black shoes; round his waist is a girdle with zodiac signs; 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 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 742C - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:730/C-1885 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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