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Four Children representing Winter from a set of groups of the Seasons: C.41-1932

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Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Titles

Four Children representing Winter from a set of groups of the Seasons

Maker(s)

Factory: Frankenthal Porcelain Factory
Modeller: Lanz, Johann Wilhelm

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Description

Hard-paste porcelain painted overglaze in enamels and gilt

Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, painted in pale green, yellow flesh pink, puce red, several shades of pale brown, grey, and black enamels, and gilt. The glazed underside has a straight-sided oval support set in from the edge, and five circular ventilation holes: a small, a medium, and a large at the front, and two small at the back. The broad oval base, has a scrolled and frilled edge, and a tall tree at the back, in front of which is a Rococo scrolled arbour with a tall pedestal at the back and two low pedestals at the front. The frilled edge is puce, and the pedestals are decorated with a puce trellis with four dots in each cell. The scrolls are edged in gold. A mask is perched on the viewer's left of the tall pedestal, and a skate lies on the base below it. At centre front there is a log fire and a bent stick. One child, nude and wearing a scanty white drape decorated with red floral sprigs, and a white cloak with grey patches, stands on the tall pedestal holding a black mask in his left hand. Below him on the viewers left is a seated boy warming his hands at the fire. He wears a black fur-edged cap, a white fur-edged cloat with a puce floral pattern and gold buttons, and puce striped breeches. On the viewer's right is a seated nude child wearing a pale yellow drape which he holds to his head with his left hand while looking down towards the fire. Further to the right is a seated child tying a skate onto this left foot. He is nude apart from a green, fur-edged cloak which covers his head and back, yellow socks, and skates. The tree is partly covered in applied green moss and has a few leaves at the ends of its stumpy branches.

Notes

History note: Uncertain before Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson

Legal notes

Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson

Measurements and weight

Height: 25.6 cm
Height: 10 in
Width: 22.5 cm
Width: 8⅞ in

Place(s) associated

  • Frankenthal ⪼ The Palatinate ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1932) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs

Dating

18th Century, third quarter#
Circa 1760 CE - 1770 CE

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( pale green, yellow flesh pink, puce red, several shades of pale brown, grey, and black) gold
Parts

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded in parts, assembled, glazed and painted in pale green, yellow flesh pink, puce red, several shades of pale brown, grey, and black enamels, and gilt.
Glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: crown over CT monogram

  • Text: crown/CT monogram
  • Location: On underside on inside of oval suport
  • Method of creation: Painted underglaze in blue
  • Type: Factory mark
  • Text: 5
  • Location: Just below the factory mark
  • Method of creation: Painted underglaze in blue
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.41-1932
Primary reference Number: 74960
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 16 July 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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