A WORCESTER PARTRIDGE-TUREEN AND A COVER

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A WORCESTER PARTRIDGE-TUREEN AND A COVER
Circa 1765

Nauturally modelled to the left and coloured with moulded dark and pale-brown plumage, seated on an oval basketwork nest, the border with interlaced loops in shades of green and with scattered feathers (the cover broken behind neck and repaired, the base cracked across and repaired)
7in. (18cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Franklin A. Barrett, op. cit., pl. 87A and H. Rissik Marshall, op. cit., col. pl. 31 and pl. 21, no. 386. Other examples were sold in these Rooms on 1 October 1984, lot 22 (Phelps Collection), 18 March 1985, lot 125, 23 February 1987, lot 155 and 30 May 1990, lot 490 (Rous Lench Collection)

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