A Chelsea figure of Spring, circa 1755


From a set of the Rustic Seasons, left in the white save for her pink broad-brimmed hat with yellow ribbon and her bright blue shoes, the buttons of her jacket picked out in gold, a basket of flowers over her right arm, the flat round base applied with flowers, 13.7cm high, red anchor mark
|Lot 57 in the Chelsea sale catalogue for 14 March 1755 was described as 'Four small figures of the seasons for desart'. For a complete set, see Peter Bradshaw, 18th Century English Porcelain Figures (1981), p.110, pl.38