Figure of Winter
Summary
Public: Figure of Winter, woman standing on rocky mound and square plinth, pulling a cloak about her shoulders. White earthenware, painted in yellow, orange, brown, green and blue high temperature colours beneath a pearlware glaze. Private: Figure of a young woman dressed in a blue cloak with yellow ochre lining, standing on rocky mound picked out in green, brown, blue and ochre, with relief-moulded burning brazier between her feet. She stands pulling her cloak tighter about her shoulders with both hands. Square plinth with concave sides and chamfered corners, with relief-moulded borders of stiff leaves picked out in alternating brown and ochre, above single horizontal blue band. Blue pearlware glaze, pooling in crevices.
Object Name
Figure of Winter
Date Created
1790-1800
Dimensions
object: 23.7cm x 9.5cm
accession number
1947.718
Collection Group
Place of creation
Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Bequeathed by George Beatson Blair
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