Winter
Figure
ca. 1760 (made)
ca. 1760 (made)
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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
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| Object type | |
| Title | Winter (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. |
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| 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 | C.1571-1919 (Set) |
| Bibliographic reference | See object information file in Ceramics and Glass Section offices. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.44-1989 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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