Four Mennecy Biscuit Porcelain Herm Figures Emblematic of the Seasons

Circa 1755-1760

on waisted square socles, with incised factory mark D,V at the back of each, Spring and Summer further incised 'DV Pno3' beneath their socles, Fall and Winter incised beneath their respective socles 'D,V 5' and 'D,V, f'; each truncated at the shoulders and draped in a tasseled shawl tied in the front and falling over a striated flat-back pilaster, raised on a separate waisted square socle with an acanthus leaf at each corner; each with the attribute of the season: Winter as a bearded man in a fur-lined cloak, Spring as a female with a wreath of flowers in her hair, Summer similar with wheat sheaves in her hair and Fall as a bacchic nymph with fruiting vines in her hair.
Height of tallest (Winter) 11 inches.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance:

Dragesco-Cramoisan, Paris, no. 1326, 14 June 1999 (purchased at the International Ceramics Fair, London; with copy of invoice)

In generally good condition. Crisply molded with faint firing cracks scattered throughout, as to be expected. One of the herms with a rough texture at the front corner of its base, from production and not a condition issue.

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Property from the Fred and Kay Krehbiel Collection, Part I

Four Mennecy Biscuit Porcelain Herm Figures Emblematic of the Seasons

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