THREE ENGLISH PRATT WARE OVAL PLAQUES
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THREE ENGLISH PRATT WARE OVAL PLAQUES

CIRCA 1800

Closed25 February 2014

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THREE ENGLISH PRATT WARE OVAL PLAQUES
CIRCA 1800
The first emblematic of Autumn, from a set of the Four Seasons, holding a sickle in her left hand and a yellow sheaf of corn in her right; the second modelled in relief with a half-length portrait of a girl, probably Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruits; the third with a basket of fruit, possibly emblematic of Plenty, pierced for suspension
Autumn - 11.34. in. (29.8 cm.) high

Specialist note

See John and Griselda Lewis Pratt Ware (Woodbridge, 1984), p. 212 for another 'Autumn' plaque. and p. 211 for another 'Pomona' plaque.