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Boy representing Winter from a set of Seasons
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
Lead-glazed earthenware figure of a boy skating painted in enamels
White earthenware, press-moulded, covered with lead-glaze tinted blue (pearl or china glaze) and painted in blue, green, yellow, red, brown, and black enamels. The figure is supported on a square straight-sided base canted inwards on the underside, and having a closed central area with a ventilation hole. It is decorated on the outside with a continuous brown band. The boy stands on a rounded area of blue ice with grooved sides, and a brown and green tree stump at the back. He looks down and turns his head towards his left as he steps forward on his right foot, clasping his crossed arms and hands together in front of his chest. He has pale brown hair, partly covered by a high-crowned black hat with a wide brim which is turned up at the front. He wears a white jacket horizontally striped with alternately straight red and wavy blue lines, a brown cloak, yellow breeches, white stockings and black shoes with barely visible skates attached.
History note: Fred. S. Weinberg, Seafield Lodge, Broughty Ferry; sold Sotheby's, 9 November 1922, one of two items in lot 37; purchased by Mr Hyam for £5 on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 6.8 cm
Height: 19.1 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
Circa
1790
-
1810
Probably made in the factory of a member of the Wood family
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( blue, green, yellow, red, brown, and black)
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
( blue-tinted 'pearl' or 'china glaze')
white Earthenware
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with cut corners and a blue line edging on left and top sides
Accession number: C.905-1928
Primary reference Number: 76339
Old object number: 3998
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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