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Maker(s):Sunderland Pottery
Culture:English
Title:Figure of Autumn
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 57.200B
Credit Line:Gift of the Estate of John B. Morris
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
English pearlware allegorical figure of Autumn, she has a bundle of wheat and a sickle in her arms; labelled "AUTUMN" 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.

Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome

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