Four Seasons
Gille Jeune (1798 - 1868)
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Parian
Measurements
33 in (Height)
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 429120
Summary
A set of five ceramic, Parian ware, or biscuit (unglazed) porcelain sculptures of putti. Three from original set representing the Four Seasons acquired by Viscountess Beaconsfield 4 May 1864 (one of which is broken in pieces in Store). 'Woodgate for 4 biscuit white china figures of the seasons for the garden at Hughenden', £60 (a/c book). 'Fixed with cement' by Broughton (30 Aug 1864, a/c book). Other two putti (429120.4 and 429120.5) are by the same sculptor, but are not part of original Four Seasons, and were acquired in 1982 as a gift. Fourth original sculpture of putto representing Winter no longer in collection, location post 1881 unknown.
Provenance
Three sculptures of putti from original set representing the Four Seasons acquired by Viscountess Beaconsfield 4 May 1864 (one of which is broken in pieces in Store). 'Woodgate for 4 biscuit white china figures of the seasons for the garden at Hughenden', £60 (a/c book). 'Fixed with cement' by Broughton (30 Aug 1864, a/c book). Other two sculptures of putti (429120.4 and 429120.5) are by the same sculptor, but are not part of original Four Seasons, and were acquired in 1982 as a gift. Fourth original sculpture of putto representing Winter no longer in collection, location post 1881 unknown.
Marks and inscriptions
'Gille Jnr fait Paris'
Makers and roles
Gille Jeune (1798 - 1868), sculptor