Spring, from “Allegories of the Seasons (The Rustic Seasons)”

Longton Hall porcelain manufactory, William Littler & Co.

1751/60

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Teapot of creamware covered with green, blue, and yellow metallic oxides under a clear glaze, the body globular and resting on three feet with Chinese mask terminals, with bent crabstock handle and spout, the body with molded with a design of flowers, the cover a facsimile.
Round blue jasper medallion with white relief of putto with garlands from the four seasons
Vase of reddish-brown stoneware, the chunky body resting on three square feet, the neck short, the lip slightly flared, with three rings extending from lip to shoulder, the body with molded decoration in relief with on one side the image of a man, or warrior, on his knees, his knife drawn and raised in his right hand, his left arm outstretched, on the other a pouncing lion in a landscape, perhaps referring to the story of Hercules and the Nemean lion, the vase is covered with a thick, opaque, turquoise glaze with darker blue streaks over a white glaze, the foot mostly white.
Large Baroque garden vase of a deep, cobalt-blue (bleu persan), tin-glazed earthenware, of traditional vase shape with two heavy handles, each comprised of a molded, winged grotesque figure whose lower body terminates in outward flowing stylized foliage, the entire outer body of the vase highlighted with bluish-white overglaze enamel with a band of scrolling foliage under the lip and around the base and a band of lappets around the foot, each side of the body contains a central reserve painted with similar chinoiserie landscape scenes with two seated figures, exotic trees and foliage, and a group of temple-like structures, the reserves outlined by scrolling, stylized foliage; with three holes for drainage.