Lot Essay
First modelled by Le Riche in 1769
Details
FOUR SÈVRES FIGURES OF THE SEASONS
LATE 18TH CENTURY, THREE WITH INCISED SCRIPT B MARKS, L'ÉTÈ DATED 1770
Le printemps as a girl garlanded with flowers, holding a bird's nest with further flowers in her skirt; L'étè garlanded with wheat and carrying a large sheaf; L'Automne garlanded with grapes and holding further grapes in his raised smock; and L'Hiver holding some faggots pulling his cloak around himself beside a brazier (losses to faggots, minor chipping to leaves and garlands)--about 6in. (15cm.) high (4)
LATE 18TH CENTURY, THREE WITH INCISED SCRIPT B MARKS, L'ÉTÈ DATED 1770
Le printemps as a girl garlanded with flowers, holding a bird's nest with further flowers in her skirt; L'étè garlanded with wheat and carrying a large sheaf; L'Automne garlanded with grapes and holding further grapes in his raised smock; and L'Hiver holding some faggots pulling his cloak around himself beside a brazier (losses to faggots, minor chipping to leaves and garlands)--about 6in. (15cm.) high (4)
Literature
Ruth Berges, "Soft-paste biscuit figures from Vincennes and Sèvres", The Connoisseur, November 1967, fig. 3, for three of the figures