Cockatoo
Category
Ceramics
Date
1748 - 1750
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
140 mm (H)
Place of origin
Mennecy
Order this imageCollection
Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1440261
Summary
[Salvaged] Mennecy figure of a cockatoo, the white bird with green and yellow tail and raised head, perched on a pierced rockwork base applied with red and white berries and leaves, the branches and rockwork washed in green and manganese.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1968 by Mrs Hannah Gubbay
Marks and inscriptions
DV mark in manganese, back inside of base. (DV = Duc de Villeroy, patron of Mennecy factory.)