Maker(s): | Sunderland Pottery (Dixon, Austin, & Co.)
| Culture: | English
| Title: | Figure of Spring
| Date Made: | 1820-1826
| Type: | Household Accessory
| Materials: | ceramic: lead glazed, refined white earthenware (pearlware, china glaze), pink luster decoration, polychrome overglaze enamels
| Place Made: | United Kingdom; England; Sunderland (Monkwearmouth)
| Accession Number: | HD 57.200
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Estate of John B. Morris
| Museum Collection: | Historic Deerfield
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Description: English pearlware allegorical figure of Spring, she has a cornucopia at her side and a bouquet of flowers at her chest; labelled "SPRING" on the base, and decorated with mottled pink luster 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.
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