Model of a Birds' Nest
ca. 1850 (made)
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Model of a birds' nest containing three eggs in white biscuit hard-paste porcelain.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste biscuit porcelain and modelled |
| Brief description | Model of a birds' nest containing three eggs in white biscuit hard-paste porcelain, modelled by Edward Raby, Pountney & Co. Ltd, Bristol, ca. 1850. |
| Physical description | Model of a birds' nest containing three eggs in white biscuit hard-paste porcelain. |
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| Gallery label | Straw
Nature can show us what materials are good for building. Like straw, which birds use to make their nests. It’s strong and waterproof, so people use it for thatched roofs.
[Young V&A, Imagine Gallery short object label](2023) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | One of a pair with C.620A-1935. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Pounteney, W. J. Old Bristol Potteries. Bristol : J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd., 1920. Pl. xxv-vii. |
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| Accession number | C.620-1935 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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