Model bird
William Cookworthy (1705 - 1780)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1770
Materials
porcelain
Measurements
115 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Plymouth
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Fenton House, London
NT 1448012
Summary
A model of a finch with orange, brown and black markings, perched on a white tree-stump encrusted with flowers, the rococo base with brown moulded scrolls. Mark, incised cross inside base. Chipping to foliage. Created in William Cookworthy's Factory, Plymouth
Provenance
R. Walker Collection; exhibited - Bristol Bicentenary Exhibition, Bristol City Art Gallery (1970), no. 24
Marks and inscriptions
incised cross inside base
Makers and roles
William Cookworthy (1705 - 1780), maker