Seated Girl representing Summer
Factory:
Vauxhall Porcelain Factory
(Probably)
Production:
Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory
(Former attribution)
Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, lead-glazed, and painted in green, yellow, pink and brown enamels, and gilt. The unglazed underside has a large circular hole near the back. The figure is on a shallow truncated oval base with a scrolled edge picked out with gilding. The girl sits on a yellow sheaf of corn. She is barefooted and has her hands over her lap, holding a now missing object. On her lap there is a loose heap of ears of corn and several more ears are scattered on the base around her feet. She wears a green hat with corn stalks projecting from the crown onto the brim, which is pink underneath and turned up at the front. She wears a low-necked pink dress with bows on the shoulders and elbows, and a white apron. In a set of four figures representing the Seasons.
History note: Vernon Roberts Collection, sold Puttick and Simpson, 23rd May 1924, lot 164; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 12.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
Circa
1753
CE
-
1755
CE
This model and its three companion Seasons were based on Meissen prototypes, and were formerly attributed to Longton Hall, near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire. It has recently been suggested that they were made at Vauxhall, see Documentation, Spero and Massey.
Decoration composed of enamels ( green, yellow, pink and brown) gold
except underside
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Slip-casting
: Soft-paste porcelain, painted in green, yellow, pink and brown enamels, and gilt
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.3096B-1928
Primary reference Number: 38484
Old object number: 4369
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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