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ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure, perhaps symbolising Summer, of hard-paste porcelain. She stands holding to her left side a sheaf of corn, ears of corn set in her hair, which is tied with a blue ribbon. From her waist hangs white drapery with sprays of Indianische Blumen. The tree trunk support an grassy mound base picked out in green.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, enamelled in colours
Brief description
Figure, perhaps symbolising Summer, hard-paste porcelain, enamelled in colours, Ludwigsburg porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1765
Physical description
Figure, perhaps symbolising Summer, of hard-paste porcelain. She stands holding to her left side a sheaf of corn, ears of corn set in her hair, which is tied with a blue ribbon. From her waist hangs white drapery with sprays of Indianische Blumen. The tree trunk support an grassy mound base picked out in green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
Interlaced 'C's' and crown (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by J. M. Emery, Esq.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Pfeiffer, Bertold. Album der Erzeugnisse der ehemaligen Württembergischen Manufaktur Alt-Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart: Wanner-Brandt, 1906, no. 45.
Collection
Accession number
C.82-1969

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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