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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

This object consists of 2 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Mountain Blue Bird

Figure
1959 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Mountain Blue Bird', bone china figure painted in enamel colours.


Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Figure
  • Base
TitleMountain Blue Bird (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Bone china painted in enamel colours
Brief description
'Mountain Blue Bird', bone china figure painted in enamel colours, designed and modelled by Dorothy Doughty, made by the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company, England, 1959
Physical description
'Mountain Blue Bird', bone china figure painted in enamel colours.
Credit line
Bequeathed by the artist through Miss F.G. Doughty
Object history
The appeal of this object as 'an ornament' for the home lies in its realism and the capturing indoors of a rare and unchanging piece of the natural world.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.142:1, 2-1963

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Record createdMay 6, 2005
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