Seated Boy representing Winter: C.3096D-1928

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Titles

Seated Boy representing Winter

Maker(s)

Factory: Vauxhall Porcelain Factory (Probably)
Factory: Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory (Former attribution)
Maker: Littler, William (Former attribution)

Entities

Figure

Description

Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, lead-glazed, and painted in green, yellow, pink, red, brown, and black enamels, and gilt. The figure is on an approximately square base with rounded corners, decorated with a frill picked out in gold. The boy sits on a tree stump, with a smaller stump to his right supported on a small stump. He holds his hands up over the brazier and leans slightly towards it. He wears a pink coat with gold buttons on the pockets and bows on the shoulders, green breeches, and black shoes with bows on the front. The brazier is black with a yellow and red flame, and the tree trunk and support for the brazier are streaked in yellow, brown and green. 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, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 12.3 cm

Place(s) associated

Vauxhall ⪼ Surrey ⪼ 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 model and its three companion Seasons were based on Meissen prototypes and were attributed to Longton Hall, near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire. It is now considered that they were probably made at Vauxhall, see Documentation, Spero, 2003 and Massey, 2014.