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Figures of the Four Seasons

c. 1775

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Bristol Porcelain Factory

(British)

manufactured by

England (Bristol), 18th century

Hard-paste porcelain

Part 1: 28.4 x 16.2 x 13.7 cm (11 3/16 x 6 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.); Part 2: 27 x 14.5 x 9.4 cm (10 5/8 x 5 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.); Part 3: 27 x 15.9 x 11.7 cm (10 5/8 x 6 1/4 x 4 5/8 in.); Part 4: 27.2 x 13 x 11.5 cm (10 11/16 x 5 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.)

Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness 1917.611

Location

203B American and British Decorative Arts

Bristol Porcelain Factory

Established 1749. Produced soft-paste porcelain between 1749 and 1752 by Benjamin Lund in a factory in Lowdin's glasshouse. Hard-paste porcelain was produced at Bristol in Cookworthy's factory when it transfurred there from Plymouth in 1770.

Provenance

Mary Warden Harkness

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 11 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. Reproduced: p. 10 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 267 archive.org

Exhibition history

Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 2, 1934).

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).