Description

Autumn Harvest Ornament by P. Buckley Moss

Introduction

Autumn Harvest Ornament by P. Buckley Moss is a 2022 numbered, limited-edition porcelain ornament filled with the playful imagery of Halloween: costumed children, smiling jack-o’-lanterns, black cats, golden grasses, a crescent moon, and a star-filled evening sky.

The circular composition places three costumed children near the center—a white-robed figure, a child in a pointed pink costume, and a child in black riding a horse—while pumpkins and cats animate the foreground. Warm orange and gold tones rise through the grasses beneath a cool blue-gray sky, giving the ornament a clear twilight atmosphere.

Canada Goose Gallery’s approved inventory identifies Autumn Harvest Ornament as product 75354, currently priced at $44, and classifies it as an Ornament, Porcelain, Limited Edition, Numbered Edition with Children as a verified inventory subject. The current gallery page further verifies Cats, Children, Halloween, and Pumpkin subjects, the 2022 date, 3 5/16-inch size, Fall season, Halloween holiday classification, gift-boxed presentation, and hanging cord.

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Story Behind the Artwork

The composition feels almost like a small Halloween pageant unfolding in a field.

The children form the central narrative, but they are surrounded by many smaller points of discovery. Smiling pumpkins appear along the left side and across the foreground. Black cats perch on pumpkins and move through the grasses. A crescent moon curves overhead, while stars punctuate the blue-gray sky.

Moss also uses the circular shape effectively. The tall grasses sweep around the figures, helping enclose the scene within the ornament while creating movement from the upper sky down toward the pumpkins at the bottom.

The image itself predates the ornament. Canada Goose Gallery documents the related Autumn Harvest Artist Proof as a 1996 lithograph, showing the same essential composition of costumed children, pumpkins, cats, harvest grasses, crescent moon, and stars. The porcelain ornament therefore gives collectors a later format for an established Moss Halloween image.

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Symbols & Meaning

The strongest themes are Halloween, childhood imagination, seasonal tradition, and harvest imagery.

The costumes introduce play and make-believe. Jack-o’-lanterns clearly connect the scene to Halloween, while pumpkins and golden grasses also tie it to the broader autumn harvest season. The crescent moon and stars establish nighttime without turning the scene toward horror.

Black cats have a long association with Halloween folklore, but no artwork-specific statement has been supplied explaining what Moss intended the cats to symbolize here. They are better described as recurring visual participants in the composition rather than assigned meanings such as independence, magic, or mischief.

Similarly, the figures should not be described as representing specific moral or spiritual ideas unless a documented artist statement is located.

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Artistic Details

The round format is one of the image’s strongest design features. The grasses, sky, and clustered pumpkins naturally conform to the circular field, creating a self-contained seasonal scene.

The palette moves between cool and warm color families. Canada Goose Gallery’s current structured data identifies Black, Charcoal Grey, Coral Pink, Cream, Dove Gray, Dusty Blue, Indigo Blue, Lavender, Mint Green, Orange Red, Pale Yellow, Pearl White, Tan, and Tangerine Orange.

Cool gray-blue and indigo tones establish the evening sky, while orange-red pumpkins and golden grasses create warmth below. The pink costume at center acts as a bright focal accent between the paler figure and the black-clad rider.

Fine white and pale lines define grass stems, stars, and highlights, helping the small-format image remain lively without becoming visually heavy.

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Featured Master Collections

Primary Master Collection: Harvest & Thanksgiving

This assignment is directly supported. Canada Goose Gallery’s approved Master Collection framework specifically lists Autumn Harvest among the representative works for Harvest & Thanksgiving, a Collection centered on pumpkins, autumn landscapes, harvests, fall traditions, and seasonal imagery.

That is the strongest curatorial home for the ornament because both the title and image combine Halloween play with autumn harvest scenery.

Supporting Master Collection: Childhood & Storytelling

The three costumed children are central to the composition, and the scene depends heavily on childhood imagination and seasonal play. This is a strong editorial supporting assignment.

Supporting Master Collection: Animals & Companions

The black cats are repeated throughout the artwork and help animate the foreground. This works well as a secondary collector pathway rather than the ornament’s primary identity.

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Decorating Ideas

Autumn Harvest Ornament works especially well in Halloween and autumn displays, whether hung from a seasonal tree, arranged on a decorative branch, or shown on a small easel.

Its blue-gray, orange, tan, black, and pink palette coordinates easily with pumpkins, dried grasses, dark wood, antique brass, cream ceramics, and black accents. The artwork can also be incorporated into a Moss ornament grouping centered on Halloween, children, pumpkins, or cats.

Because the image has a strong circular composition and reads well as a miniature artwork, it also works on a shelf, mantel, cabinet, or tabletop after the Halloween season has passed.

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Gift Ideas

This ornament is especially appropriate for a P. Buckley Moss ornament collector, Halloween enthusiast, pumpkin collector, cat lover, or collector of Moss children imagery.

It can also be meaningful for someone with a personal connection to 2022, such as a wedding, birth, move, graduation, or other milestone from that year.

The gift-boxed presentation and original artist certificate make it especially easy to give as an autumn birthday gift, seasonal keepsake, or addition to an annual Moss ornament tradition.

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About the Edition

Artist: P. Buckley Moss
Title: Autumn Harvest Ornament
Year: 2022
Medium: Porcelain
Type: Ornament; Limited Edition; Numbered Edition
Numbered Edition: Yes
Total Edition Size: Not verified
Size: 3 5/16 inches diameter
Orientation: Round
Current Price: $44
Condition: New, mint condition
Certificate: Original artist ornament certificate
Presentation: Gift boxed; hanging cord included; pouch and gold cord supplied according to gallery information
Product ID: 75354
Verified Inventory Subject: Children
Current Website Subjects: Cats, Children, Halloween, Pumpkin
Holiday: Halloween
Season: Fall

Approved Canada Goose Gallery inventory verifies product 75354, price $44, porcelain medium, Limited/Numbered Edition status, and Children classification. The current live page verifies the remaining published product attributes.

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🎨 Fun Fact:

Modern American trick-or-treating is much newer than many people realize. The Library of Congress notes that earlier Halloween traditions drew from practices such as guising, in which disguised children went door to door performing songs, jokes, or other small “tricks” in exchange for food or money. The phrase and custom of American trick-or-treating did not become widespread until the 20th century, especially after World War II. That history makes the costumed children in Autumn Harvest Ornament part of a much longer tradition of disguise, performance, and seasonal visiting—without implying that Moss intended a particular historical reference.

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🖼️ Collector’s Insight:

What distinguishes Autumn Harvest Ornament is the amount of narrative Moss fits into a 3 5/16-inch circular format. Three costumed children, a horse, multiple jack-o’-lanterns, black cats, tall harvest grasses, stars, and a crescent moon remain individually readable while still forming a cohesive scene. The ornament also has a useful cross-format connection: the same composition is documented in the 1996 Autumn Harvest Artist Proof, while Autumn Harvest itself is specifically named in Canada Goose Gallery’s Harvest & Thanksgiving Master Collection. Those are stronger collector facts than unsupported claims about rarity, demand, or investment value.

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Why Buy from Canada Goose Gallery

Canada Goose Gallery maintains Autumn Harvest Ornament in its approved P. Buckley Moss ornament inventory and documents its current price, porcelain medium, edition type, subject classifications, and related Moss artwork.

The ornament is offered new and in mint condition, with its original artist certificate and gift-boxed presentation. Collectors can also continue into related Moss Halloween, pumpkin, cat, children, and ornament selections through the gallery.

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Continue Exploring

The strongest related artwork is the Autumn Harvest Artist Proof, documented as a 1996 Artist Proof, Limited Edition, Lithograph, Numbered Edition with an edition size of 25 Artist Proofs.

Also explore Canada Goose Gallery’s:

• P. Buckley Moss Ornaments
• Collections Hub
• Harvest & Thanksgiving
• Halloween Subjects
• Pumpkin Subjects
• Children Subjects
• Cat Collection

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Official Artist Certification

This P. Buckley Moss ornament is accompanied by its original, official certificate from the artist’s collection. This document is the primary record of provenance, detailing the edition title and the craftsmanship involved in the firing process. This official certification replaces our standard gallery certificate to ensure you have the most direct documentation from the artist’s studio. Each Ornament comes gift boxed according to the year it was created.

Any number of ornaments ship for one flat fee.

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