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

Woodpecker

Figure
ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, of a green woodpecker perched on the stump of a tree with flowers and foliage.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWoodpecker (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, of a green woodpecker perched on the stump of a tree, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Figure in soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, of a green woodpecker perched on the stump of a tree with flowers and foliage.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:232-1885 (Sch. I 313)
The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Nixon & Rhodes, London, for £3 in April 1868.
Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 313A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:232/A-1885

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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