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Creator(s):

On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom Hall


About this object

The statuette represents Winter. It is shown as a boy carrying on his right shoulder a bundle of green faggots with his left arm raised above his head. He wears a white jacket with purple flowers under a short-sleeved overjacket in mauve pink bordered with fur, a rust belt, pale yellow pants and black boots. His right leg is kneeling on a green tree stump which has a vine and two bunches of rust berries on it. This stands on a plain white circular base with a narrow gold band in the Louis XVI style.

Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Derby, England
Date made:
1772-1795
Size:
16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
26.82
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK underneath impressed: N U & B P (in script) (the mark stands for the size, size 4)
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973