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Woman representing Winter
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Probably)
Cream earthenware painted in green, yellow, and manganese-purple under lead-glaze. A standing woman holding a muff representing Winter
Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and painted in green, yellow, pale manganese-purple, and a little dark brown under slightly blue tinted lead-glaze. The underside is closed and has a ventilation hole in the centre. Winter is represented by a woman standing on a circular green mound supported on a white square base. She faces to the front with her hands concealed in a yellow muff at waist level. She wears a long yellow dress and an ermine mantle with yellow edges which covers her head and upper body at the front, and extends down to the ground at the back. The toe of her visible shoe is dark brown.
History note: Robert Henry Soden Smith FSA (1822-90); sold Sotheby's 27 May 1909, part of lot 90; bought by S. Fenton, Cranbourn Street, London, for £1.12s.0d. on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 16 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Early#
George III
1800
-
1820
This figure was probably one of a set representing the Seasons. Underglaze painted figures are rarely marked and most cannot be attributed to a specific factory.
Decoration
composed of
high temperature colours
( metallic oxides)
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
Base
Depth 5.3 cm
Width 5.3 cm
Press-moulding : Cream earthenware, press-moulded painted in green, yellow, pale manganese-purple, and dark brown oxide colours, and covered with slightly blue tinted lead-glaze
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with blue printed motifs in upper corners
Accession number: C.845-1928
Primary reference Number: 76218
Old object number: 3019
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Woman representing Winter" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76218 Accessed: 2024-12-18 18:39:52
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