# Figure of Spring from the Four Seasons

- By: Bristol Porcelain Factory (British, 1770–81)
- Date: c. 1775
- Medium: hard-paste porcelain
- Classification: Ceramic
- Dimensions: Overall: 27 x 14.5 x 9.4 cm (10 5/8 x 5 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
- Culture: England, Bristol
- Credit line: Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.611.2)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.611.2/1917.611.2_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The modern notion of childhood as a time of innocence and simplicity emerged during the second half of the eighteenth century. This understanding of adolescence led to numerous depictions of children as personifications of the four seasons. Here spring is portrayed as a young girl adorning her hair with flowers. The flowers filling her basket and growing in the grass around her signal spring’s arrival.