The Four Seasons Lusterware Figures

Description:

The Four Seasons Lusterware Figures, Dixon, Austin & Company, Staffordshire, England, c. 1820-26, the full-bodied figures with luster and polychrome-decorated gowns and bases, marked "WINTER," "SPRING," "SUMMER," and "FALL," the base of each with impressed mark "DIXON, AUSTIN & CO.," (wear),ht. 9 in.
Estimate $800-1,200

Winter: small chip on right front corner, wear on the high spots.
Spring: wear on the high spots.
Summer: the head has been repaired and there is wear on the high spots.
Autumn: the head has been repaired and there is wear on the high spots.


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