A Rare Pair of George III Period Painted Lead Putti Representing Spring & Summer c.1800

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A Rare Pair of George III Period Painted Lead Putti Representing Spring & Summer c.1800Origin: EnglishPeriod: George IIIProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1800Height: 14. 5 & 14Width: 7Depth: 7or Bases at 6 roundThe beautifully modelled lead putti, of good size and hand painted in black and red, representing two of the four seasons, one holding a basket of flowers emblematic of spring, the other with sickle and freshly cut wheat, and of summer, both surviving in untouched condition from George III period England. The condition of the wholes is

This example is fairly naively carved to the scroll feet and the construction isn’t that sophisticated

A wonderfully decorative sign today

and of arts and crafts design

this ticks all of the boxes

CHABOD & Cie / Mds de COULEURS / EXTRA FINES / TOILES à TABLEAUX / RUE JACOB 20’

Solar eclipse

The velvet interior is mid twentieth century

Henry Howell & Co (later Jonathan Howell) were registered makers as cane & stick mounters

It is marked 644 to the underside

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the whole being once part of a large composition and surviving from fifteenth century France

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