Model human
Pierre Stephan (fl.1770-1775)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1773 - 1774
Materials
porcelain
Measurements
285 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Bristol
Order this imageCollection
Fenton House, London
NT 1448010.1
Summary
One of a set of four figures entitled THE RUSTIC SEASONS, Spring, as a girl in a white skirt painted and gilt with flowers and with a gilt fringe, a light-brown corselet edged, frilled and laced with gilt, blue jacket with gilt buttons and trimming, and gilt-laced cuffs, her shirt is also edged with gilt, carrying an open basket filled with flowers under her right arm, a garland of flowers on her head, on which she is placing a flower with her left hand, standing on a grassy base encrusted with flowers. Blue cross on base and 3 in gilt.
Provenance
from the Trapnell Collection (collection label)
Marks and inscriptions
blue cross on base and 3 in gilt
Makers and roles
Pierre Stephan (fl.1770-1775), modeller