Lot Details
Lot 71
Longton Hall Porcelain Mythological Figure of Ceres
Circa 1753-55, unmarked
Emblematic of Summer, the goddess of agriculture modeled standing holding a sheaves of wheat cradled in her right arm and further sheaf form a wreath adorning her hair, her décolleté classic robe painted with scattered flower sprigs, at her knee an infant Cupid clings to the folds and offers a posy, the rocaille-molded mound base enriched in pink and green.
Height 6 7/8 inches.
This model is based on a Meissen prototype. For two 'snowman' examples, see the Dingwall gift at the Victoria & Albert Museum, object nos. C.213-1915 and C.302-1915. For a similar example, see the Leake Collection, sold Bonham's, London, 12 March 2008.
C Estate of Sarah Belk Gambrell
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