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Spring from a Set of Seasons: C.25-1931

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Titles

Spring from a Set of Seasons

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: James Neale & Co.

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Description

Creamware painted in polychrome enamels. Spring represented by a seated girl holding a basket of flowers.

Cream earthenware, moulded, covered with very slightly blue-tinted lead-glaze, and painted in yellow, two shades of green, pale purplish-pink, dark purplish-pink, yellowish-brown, and black enamels. The closed underside has a circular ventilation hole in the centre The base is square with straight sides, and a moulded upper edge with a dark purplish-pink line running round it. Spring is represented by a girl seated on a grassy mound with a shell on its back and rococo style scrolls on the front. She holds a basket of polychrome flowers and foliage in her left arm and holds a rose in her right which rests on her breast. She has a broad-brimmed hat with a green edged hat-band, pompom ornament and edge, and wears a purplish-pink bodice, a white skirt with scattered purplish-pink flowers, and border round the hem, black shoes, with red pompoms on top.
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Notes

History note: Mrs. W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth

Legal notes

Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson

Measurements and weight

Height: 13.9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1931-05-05) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs

Dating

18th Century, Late
George III
Circa 1785 - 1790

Note

James Neale (c. 1739/40-1814), an earthenware dealer in London since the 1760s, took over Humphrey Palmer's factory in High Street, Hanley in 1778, and from at least 1781 traded as James Neale & Co. Neale appointed a manager, Robert Wilson, and returned to London. The firm produced very well-modelled and painted figures, such as the set of Seasons to which this model belongs.

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( yellow, yellowish-brown, two shades of green, pale and darker purplish-pink, red, and black)
Base Depth 5.6 cm Width 5.7 cm

Materials used in production

cream Earthenware
presumed lead-glaze; very slightly blue tinted Lead-glaze

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Cream-coloured earthenware, moulded, covered with clear, very slightly blue-tinted lead-glaze, and painted in yellow, brownish-yellow, two shades of green, pale and dark purplish-pink, red, and black enamels. The vase has a circular ventilation hold in the middle.
Lead-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: NEALE & Co.
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Factory mark
  • Text: SPRING
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.25-1931
Primary reference Number: 73640

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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