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A good Chelsea figure of Winter circa 1756
14 April 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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Find your local specialistA good Chelsea figure of Winter
circa 1756
From a set of the 'Four Rustic Seasons', his yellow skull cap trimmed with fur, his white greatcoat with gilded buttons and parted to reveal an orange waistcoat, standing on a shallow circular base applied with brightly coloured flowers, a cauldron of hot coals held with both hands, 12.9cm high (chip to cape, loss to a few petals)
From a set of the 'Four Rustic Seasons', his yellow skull cap trimmed with fur, his white greatcoat with gilded buttons and parted to reveal an orange waistcoat, standing on a shallow circular base applied with brightly coloured flowers, a cauldron of hot coals held with both hands, 12.9cm high (chip to cape, loss to a few petals)
Footnotes
The same model is recorded in early Longton Hall and West Pans, and in a slightly modified version in the later period at Longton. However, the shallow circular base is a distinctive Chelsea feature. See Peter Bradshaw, 18th Century English Porcelain Figures (1981), pl 38, p 110 for the full set