Lot 658
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FOUR CHELSEA PORCELAIN FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF THE SEASONS
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FOUR CHELSEA PORCELAIN FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF THE SEASONS

CIRCA 1754-55, IRON-RED ANCHOR MARK TO WINTER

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FOUR CHELSEA PORCELAIN FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF THE SEASONS
CIRCA 1754-55, IRON-RED ANCHOR MARK TO WINTER
Each modeled standing with their respective attribute, Spring with a basket of flowers, Summer with a sheaf of wheat, Autumn with grapevine and Winter with a brazier
5 ½ in. (13.9 cm.) high, Autumn
Provenance
Acquired from Delomosne & Son, London, October 1958.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, pp. 42-43, no. 16.
Exhibited
Bath, England, Art Treasures Exhibition, May-June 1958, no. 292.
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Lot Essay

The Chelsea Sale Catalogue for March 14, 1855, lists the following entry under lot 57: "Four small figures of the seasons for desart." Compare the examples, see Dr. Y. Hackenbroch, Chelsea and other English Porcelain, Pottery and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, Nottingham, 1957, p. 6, fig. 29. Examples of Spring, Summer and Winter exist at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum nos. C.107-1938, C.91-1932 and C.92-1932).

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