Winter

Figure
ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of 'Winter' seated on a container for sweetmeats, of hard-paste porcelain. The figure wears an ermine lined coat, and a waistcoat tied at the waist with a sash. He holds an ice skate aloft in his right hand, the pair to it being at his left foot. He is seated on a basket (pierced at the base) formed by rococo scrollwork.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWinter (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Figure of 'Winter', displayed on centrepiece with containers for sweetmeats, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, modelled by Johann Friedrich Lück, made by Frankenthal Porcelain Factory, Germany, about 1760.
Physical description
Figure of 'Winter' seated on a container for sweetmeats, of hard-paste porcelain. The figure wears an ermine lined coat, and a waistcoat tied at the waist with a sash. He holds an ice skate aloft in his right hand, the pair to it being at his left foot. He is seated on a basket (pierced at the base) formed by rococo scrollwork.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'CT' (for Carl Theodor) in monogram, surmounted by a crown, in underglaze blue
  • 'R' incised
Object history
The figure is from a tablecentre, only three of which now survive. One is in the V&A (C.1571-1919); the figure sits on the emplacement marked 'W'.
Subject depicted
Associated object
Bibliographic reference
See object information file in Ceramics and Glass Section offices.
Collection
Accession number
C.44-1989

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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