Seated Boy representing Winter
Factory:
Vauxhall Porcelain Factory
(Probably)
Factory:
Longton Hall Porcelain Manufactory
(Former attribution)
Maker:
Littler, William
(Former attribution)
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.
History note: Vernon Roberts Collection, sold Puttick and Simpson, 23rd May 1924, lot 164; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 12.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
Circa
1753
CE
-
1755
CE
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.
Decoration composed of enamels ( green, yellow, pink, red, brown, and black enamels) gold
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Slip-casting
: Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast, painted in green, yellow, pink, red, brown, and black enamels, and gilt
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.3096D-1928
Primary reference Number: 38488
Old object number: 4369
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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