Not on display

Model of a Birds' Nest

ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Model of a birds' nest containing three eggs in white biscuit hard-paste porcelain.

Object details

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.1cm
  • Diameter: 7.6cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of a pair with C.620-1935.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Pounteney, W. J. Old Bristol Potteries. Bristol : J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd., 1920. Pl. xxv-vii.
Collection
Accession number
C.620A-1935

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Record createdJuly 29, 2009
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