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| Keywords: Pierre Reymond - Plate with the Month of May - Walters 44162.jpg This plate along with Walters 44 190 are from a series depicting characteristic activities of the 12 months September is represented by wine-making a bearded peasant treads grapes that two others bring in baskets from the arbor in the rear May is represented by a fashionable lady and gentleman on horseback accompanied by a footman and a dog However there is a confusion in the signs of the zodiac--for example the lion encircled in this border begins its rule July 23 not in May-perhaps the result of inattention by a shop assistant The date and monogram of Pierre Reymond the important Limoges enameler are on the back The coat of arms on the rim belongs to the powerful Seguier family so this dessert service for 12 must have been made for a member of that family probably Pierre Seguier 1504-80 1566 technique painted enamel copper Diam cm 20 4 accession number 44 162 22055 Hollingworth Magniac Colworth Bedfordshire England by purchase Charles Magniac Colworth 1867 by inheritance Sale Christie's London July 2 1892 no 392 Charles Borradaile Brighton 1892 by purchase George Robinson Harding London date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Special Exhibition of the Works of Art of the Mediaeval Renaissance and More Recent Periods South Kensington Museum London 1862 The Four Seasons The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1986 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Pierre Reymond Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
