Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Titles
Bacchus representing Autumn from a Set of Antique Seasons
Maker(s)
Factory:
Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Modeller:
Meyer, Friedrich Elias I
(After)
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of Bacchus representing Autumn, press-moulded, with hand-modelled details, and painted over lead-glaze in polycrhomevenamels and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, figure of Bacchus representing Autumn, press-moulded, with hand-modelled details, and painted over lead-glaze in blue, two shades of green, yellow, flesh-pink, pink, puce, purple and pale brown enamels and gilt. The unglazed underside has a central circular ventilation hole. The high scrolled base has a square aperture in the back to take an attachment and a circular hole in the front, and is decorated on the top with applied flowers and leaves. Bacchus stands with his right leg forward, and rests his right elbow on top of a ewer filled with grapes. He holds a cup in his right hand and a bunch of grapes in his left, which is held up in front of his chest. He wears a vine wreath on his head, and a yellow drape lined with a blue and puce floral pattern, and edged with gold. A rabbit is suspended from a belt crossing his torso diagonally. The ewer is decorated with puce scrolls and rocaille ornament picked out in gold, surrounding a spray of polychrome flowers. The base is picked out in puce, bluish-green, and gold, and the flowers are yellow and pink.
Notes
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Legal notes
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Measurements and weight
Height: 25.6 cm
Place(s) associated
-
Stratford-le-Bow
⪼ Essex
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1932-06-13)
by
Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Dating
18th Century, second half#
George III
Circa
1760
CE
-
1765
CE
Note
From a set of Seasons derived from Meissen models by Friedrich Elias Meyer, who entered the factory in 1748, and introduced a mannerist style, with elongated figures
School or Style
Rococo
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( blue, two shades of green, yellow, flesh-pink, pink, puce, purple and pale brown)
gold
Details
Materials used in production
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
presumed phosphatic
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Press-moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, with hand-modelled details, and painted over lead-glaze in polychrome enamels and gilt
Glazing (coating)
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.30-1932
Primary reference Number: 41788
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 31 March 2015
Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
