Derby
(England 1750– )
- Title
- Spring from the rustic seasons
- Year
- circa 1750-1755
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
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17.8 x 8.2 x 7.0 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.126
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
This figure and Winter (L2012.111) come from a set of four pairs of figures, each pair representing one of the four seasons. The decoration is of a style associated with a London workshop, possibly that of James Giles. The bases have the ‘dry edge’ characteristic of Derby figures at this period.
- Bibliography (1)
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Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 70 (colour illus.). cat.no. 80
