Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Titles
Seated Girl representing Autumn
Maker(s)
Factory:
Vauxhall Porcelain Factory
(Probably)
Production:
Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory
(Former attribution)
Maker:
Littler, William
(Former attribution)
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, lead-glazed, and painted in green, yellow, pink, purple and pale brown enamels, and gilt. The base is pierced by an oval hole. The figure is seated on a low, shaped base with a lightly scrolled and striated edge picked out in gold. She is bare-footed and with both hands holds on her lap a small bucket-shaped jar filled with grapes and foliage. She wears a pink broad-brimmed hat with yellow bow on the left side. A pink dress with a low neck, and elbow-length sleaves and a white apron. Round her neck she has a yellow bow. In a set of four figures representing the Seasons.
Notes
History note: Vernon Roberts Collection, sold Puttick and Simpson, 23rd May 1924, lot 164; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher
Legal notes
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 12.1 cm
Place(s) associated
-
Vauxhall
⪼ Surrey
⪼ England
-
Longton Hall
⪼ Staffordshire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
18th Century, Mid#
Circa
1753
CE
-
1755
CE
Note
This figure and its three companion Seasons were based on Meissen prototypes, and were attributed to Longton Hall. It has been suggested that they were probably made by the Vauxhall Porcelain Factory, about 1753-55, see Documentation, Spero and Massey
School or Style
Rococo
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( green, yellow, pink, purple and pale brown)
gold
Materials used in production
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Slip-casting
: Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, lead-glazed, and painted in green, yellow, pink, purple and pale brown enamels, and gilt
Lead-glazing
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.3096C-1928
Primary reference Number: 38486
Old object number: 4369
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Thursday 11 August 2016
Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
