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

Figure

ca. 1954-1958 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a bird in bone china painted with enamels. With yellow and blue-grey plumage. The bird stands on a twig forming part of an open bocage covered with pink flowers. Narrow cylindrical base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china painted with enamels
Brief description
Figure of a bird in bone china painted with enamels, modelled by Dorothy Doughty, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1954-1958
Physical description
Figure of a bird in bone china painted with enamels. With yellow and blue-grey plumage. The bird stands on a twig forming part of an open bocage covered with pink flowers. Narrow cylindrical base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Myrtle Warblers. D.D.' (In red enamel)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Dorothy Susan Doughty, through Miss F.G. Doughty
Object history
One of a pair with C.141A-1963.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.141-1963

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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