Blue tit
Figure
1770 (made)
1770 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of a blue tit perched on the stump of a flowering tree
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Blue tit (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of a blue tit perched on the stump of a flowering tree, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1770 |
| Physical description | Figure, in soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of a blue tit perched on the stump of a flowering tree |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a pair with 414:230-1885 (Sch. I 312) The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Van Houtum, Amsterdam, for 16 shillings in August 1867. Acquired as Chelsea porcelain. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Barrett, Franklin A. & Arthur L. Thorpe. Derby Porcelain, 1750-1848. London: Faber & Faber, 1971.
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| Other number | Sch. I 312A - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:230/A-1885 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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