Figure
ca. 1770 (made)
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Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of a finch with its head turned back, the left wing slightly raised, and black on the crown of the head; perched on a flowering tree stump, which rises from a shaped stand with rococo scrollwork on the front
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of a finch with its head turned back, made by Plymouth Porcelain Factory, Plymouth, ca. 1770 |
| Physical description | Figure, in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, of a finch with its head turned back, the left wing slightly raised, and black on the crown of the head; perched on a flowering tree stump, which rises from a shaped stand with rococo scrollwork on the front |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a pair with 414:705/A-1885 (Sch. I 709A) Lady Charlotte Schreiber bought these two birds from Wareham, London, for £11 10 shillings in April 1874 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 709 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:705-1885 |
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| Record created | February 4, 2009 |
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