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Autumn from a Set of Seasons
Production: Dixon, Austin & Co. (Probably)
Yellow-glazed figure of Autumn, holding a sheaf of corn and a sickle.
Figure of Autumn from a set of seasons. Earthenware, moulded, and covered with thick yellow glaze with black speckles. The figure stands on an approximately circular mound on a shallow square base with a closed, concave base. She wears a long close-fitting dress with an overdress, split from the waist and falling away behind. She holds a sheaf of corn to her body in her left hand and grasps a sickle in her right hand. Her hair is dressed in a chignon with three loose strands falling onto her shoulders.
Given by G.H.W. Rylands in memory of his mother Betha Wolferstan Rylands.
Height: 17.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1997) by Rylands, G.H.W.
19th Century, Early#
Circa
1820
CE
-
1825
CE
Base Width 6.5 cm
Moulding : Earthenware, moulded, and covered with thick yellow glaze with black speckles.
Accession number: C.84-1997
Primary reference Number: 76215
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Autumn from a Set of Seasons" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76215 Accessed: 2024-11-08 12:31:07
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