Summer
Figure
ca. 1775 (made)
ca. 1775 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Summer represented by a bare-legged boy with gold-flowered white knee-breeches and white shirt open at the chest, the sleeves being rolled up to the elbow; he stands crossed-legged with a wheat-sheaf and sickle under his right arm and a few ears of wheat in his left hand, and leans his left elbow on a tree-trunk, beside which stands a bee-hive with his coat thrown over it; he is supported on an irregular base
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Summer (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 Summer represented by a bare-legged boy, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1775 |
| Physical description | Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, of Summer represented by a bare-legged boy with gold-flowered white knee-breeches and white shirt open at the chest, the sleeves being rolled up to the elbow; he stands crossed-legged with a wheat-sheaf and sickle under his right arm and a few ears of wheat in his left hand, and leans his left elbow on a tree-trunk, beside which stands a bee-hive with his coat thrown over it; he is supported on an irregular base |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Part of a set of the Four Seasons with 414:729/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 745 to C) These four figures were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from W. Sanders, Hammersmith, for £380 in March 1873 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Other number | Sch. I 745A - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:729/A-1885 |
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| Record created | February 19, 2009 |
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