Live Auction 16722The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: English & European Furniture, Ceramics and Decorations, Part II
FOUR CHELSEA PORCELAIN FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF THE SEASONS
Lot 658

FOUR CHELSEA PORCELAIN FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF THE SEASONS

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

Closed10 May 2018

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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

Acquired from Delomosne & Son, London, October 1958.

Specialist note

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).