Christmas decoration
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, ceramic. papier mache, cardboard and moss
Measurements
65 mm (Height)
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 938724.2
Summary
One of three painted ceramic robins with metal springs for legs, each attached to a moss-covered papier mache base formed and painted to resemble a rock; there is a green cardboard 'plug' in the base of each.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).