A Rare Pair of George III Period Painted Lead Putti Representing Spring & Summer c.1800 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews Silver Washed Fritillary

Silver Washed Fritillary

There are small nibbled losses to the feet

much like the snow globes of the era

A pencil annotation in the departmental copy of Chaloner Smith states that this is an emblematical figure of 'The Perfect Wife'

A Rare Pair of George III Period Painted Lead Putti Representing Spring & Summer c.1800 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews Silver Washed FritillaryOrigin: 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