FIGURINE OF AUTUMN (ONE OF FOUR)
Creator(s): Derby Porcelain Factory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Dining Room
About this object
The figurine is part of an allegorical set known as "French four seasons." It represents autumn and is shown as a young girl carrying on her right arm a basket of purple and green grapes. She holds a bunch of grapes in her left raised hand and there are more grapes at her feet. She wears a white gold edged kerchief tied under her chin, a low cut white bodice with a gold stomacher, a white bouffant over skirt, and a white underskirt decorated with gold flowers. She stands on a white rococo base with gold scrolls.
- Object name:
- FIGURINE OF AUTUMN (ONE OF FOUR)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Derby, England
- Date made:
- 1760-1765
- Size:
- 21.9 cm (8 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.77.4
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK patch marks, letters ON in grayish ink [on bottom]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973