IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 31722 accession number: M.3A-D-1991 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 31 October 2022 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Four plaques of the Seasons. Ivory, carved in low relief and mounted on thicker wood panels. All four are approximately square. A. Spring: Two couples and an oarsman in a boat. The girl in the stern holds up a tazza, the one in the middle plays a lute and her companion blows a flute. In the background there are three buildings and a cart full of people drawn by two horses. There are four ducks on the water. Inscribed at the top centre is 'MAI' and at bottom centre 'PRINTEMPS'. B. Summer: A woman holding a ewer is seated outside a cottage beside a basket and a sheaf of corn. A man playing a cornemuse stands beside her leaning on a tree. A sickle lies on the ground to their right. In the background to the right four peasants are working in a cornfield with houses in the distance. Inscribed at the top centre 'JUILLET' and at the bottom centre 'ÉTÉ'. C. Autumn: A gentleman and lady carousing in the open air, with on the right a vase of flowers, two bowls of fruit and a bottle, and on the left, peasants making wine. Inscribed at the top centre 'OCTOBRE' and at the bottom centre 'AUTOMNE'. D. Winter: An indoor scene with an old man seated before a fire, and a boy kneeling to blow it with bellows. A cat is perched on the chair back. Through the open door, a dog barks at a peasant herding two pigs. In the distance a bridge and buildings. Inscribed at the top centre 'DECEMBRE' and at bottom centre 'HIVER'. title: plaques NOTES ----- type: history note value: Purchased by Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d.1950) from Langstone in December, 1917 for £17.0.0; the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: H.S. Reitlinger creditline: Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31722 PEOPLE ------------------- figures peasants SUBJECTS ------------------- winter spring summer autumn boat flute cart ewer basket sickle fire chair lute vase horses ducks cat dog pigs flowers fruit bridge building houses field winter spring summer autumn boat flute cart ewer basket sickle fire chair lute vase horses ducks cat dog pigs flowers fruit bridge building houses field TECHNIQUES ---------- ivory, carved in low relief and mounted on thicker wood panels carving CATEGORIES ------ category: sculpture DATING ------ creation date: 1600 - 1900 creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1900 culture: 17th Century-19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 11.5 dimension: Width units: cm value: 10.5 IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/m_3a_1991_3_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 915 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_m_3a_1991_3_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 560 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/m_3a_1991_3_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 915 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_m_3a_1991_3_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 280 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/m_3a_d_1991_1_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 915 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_m_3a_d_1991_1_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 560 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/m_3a_d_1991_1_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 915 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_m_3a_d_1991_1_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 280 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/m_3b_1991_3_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 915 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_m_3b_1991_3_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 560 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/m_3b_1991_3_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 915 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_m_3b_1991_3_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 280 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/m_3c_1991_3_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 915 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_m_3c_1991_3_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 560 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/m_3c_1991_3_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 915 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_m_3c_1991_3_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 280 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/m_3d_1991_3_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 915 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_m_3d_1991_3_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 560 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/m_3d_1991_3_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 915 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_m_3d_1991_3_201301_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 280 pixels width: 250 pixels