| Maker(s): | Sunderland Pottery (Dixon, Austin, & Co.) | | Culture: | English
| | Title: | Figure of Summer
| | Date Made: | 1820-1826
| | Type: | Household Accessory
| | Materials: | ceramic: lead glazed, refined white earthenware (pearlware, china glaze), pink luster, polychrome overglaze enamels
| | Place Made: | United Kingdom; England; Sunderland (Monkwearmouth)
| | Accession Number: | HD 57.200A
| | Credit Line: | Gift of the Estate of John B. Morris
| | Museum Collection: | Historic Deerfield
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Description:
English pearlware allegorical figure of Summer, she has a cornucopia in her right arm and a bunch of fruit on her thigh; labelled "SUMMER" on the base, and decorated with mottled pink lustre and yellow, red, green, and black enamels, impressed mark "DIXON, AUSTIN & CO" on the underside of base. The best known of the northeastern English potteries is that of Dixon, Austin, and Company, who occupied the Garrison or Sunderland Pottery that dated to the early years of the nineteenth century. Robert Dixon and Thomas Austin were partners in the concern from about 1820-1826, using the title Dixon, Austin & Co. Their company was well known for elaborate use of lustre decoration, the deposit of metals on the surface.
Tags:
seasons; summer Subjects:
Pottery; Seasons; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome Link to share this object record:
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