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Summer from a Set of Seasons: C.26-1931

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Titles

Summer from a Set of Seasons

Maker(s)

Production: James Neale & Co.

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Description

Lead-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome enamels. A seated boy holding a sheaf of corn and a sickle representing Summer

Cream earthenware, moulded, covered with a slightly blue tinted lead-glaze, and painted in turquoise, two shades of green, pale yellow, flesh pink, red, lilac, purple, reddish-brown, 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 purple line running round it. The boy representing Summer is seated on a high grassy mound with rococo-style scrolls picked out in turquoise, green and purple on the front and viewer's left side. He looks downwards to his left and holds a sheaf of corn and a sickle in his hands. His right leg is bent at the knee and his left leg is straight. He has shoulder-length brown hair and wears a cream wide-brimmed hat with a black band round the crown, a white shirt, reddish-brown coat with green lining, lilac breeches with purple spots, white stockings and black shoes.

Notes

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

Legal notes

Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson

Measurements and weight

Height: 13.5 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. Their appearance is much closer to that of porcelain figures than most Staffordshire earthenware figures.

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( turquoise, two shades of green, pale yellow, flesh pink, red, lilac, purple, reddish-brown, brown, and black)
Surface composed of lead-glaze ( very slightly tinted blue)
Base Depth 5.5 cm Width 5.6 cm

Materials used in production

cream Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: the first m is only lightly impressed and looks at first sight like an n

  • Text: Summer
  • Location: On closed base near back edge
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.26-1931
Primary reference Number: 73800

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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