Georgian Prattware Figurine of Spring

The figurine I believe depicts Spring with her Cornucopia of Plenty and once would I am sure have been part of a set of 4, each depicting a Season. She dates to circa 1790-1810 so it is unsurprising that in the many years that have passed three of her companions have been lost to time. She is English, possibly from a Staffordshire Pottery but what is certain is that she is lovely example of Prattware. Although her face is simply formed the decoration of her dress with those ochre stripes with brown dots and little flowers on the back of the same colours is really quite finely painted and then we have that large Cornucopia standing by her side again finely painted with beautiful curved lines and with the abundance of flowers both finely moulded and painted falling out of its opening. She stands with her feet and the spilling out of the flowers on a square base detailed with shreds of Clay. Her features are simple, painted in just one colour that of brown for her strong eyebrows and the round dots of her eyes, and her hair, painted again in the same brown, with a simple painted fringe resting just above her eyebrows, with an ochre coloured hairband.