Figures Depicting the Four Seasons

Cleveland Museum of Art

Figures Depicting the Four Seasons

Bristol Porcelain FactoryLinkedCulture matchlcp-9b28360a299b

Date
c. 1775
Medium
hard-paste porcelain
Culture
England, Bristol
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
97971

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In this group depicting the four seasons, a young boy in ice skates represents winter; a young lady adorns her hair with flowers in spring; a young man guards his beehive in summer; and a girl gathers fruit in autumn. Allegorical figures most often decorated a table during the dessert course, providing amusing subjects for conversation.

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Credit line
Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness
Provenance
?-1916: Mary Warden Harkness [1864-1916], New York, NY, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1917-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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  • Representative object from the topic 18th Century Porcelain Figurines
    18th Century Porcelain Figurines

    These objects are decorative ceramic figures and figure groups made from soft-paste or hard-paste porcelain during the 18th century, produced by major European porcelain factories including Meissen, Sèvres, Derby, Chelse

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