A Rare Pair of George III Period Painted Lead Putti Representing Spring & Summer c.1800 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews the reverse stamped ‘London’

the reverse stamped ‘London’

Silver Washed Fritillary

and turns to a great white cockatoo

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

This is exquisitely carved and is certainly more of a heraldic rather than a tourist ornament

A Rare Pair of George III Period Painted Lead Putti Representing Spring & Summer c.1800 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews the reverse stamped ‘London’Origin: 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