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CIRCA 1745-50
Details
A Strasbourg pigeon-tureen and cover
Circa 1745-50
Naturally modelled and painted in petit feu colours with brown beak and yellow eyes, its dark-grey and purple head with dark-grey markings, its grey chest with a white patch, the white plumage of its wings, abdomen and tail with grey markings and tips, with puce clawed feet on a shaped rectangular shallow grassy mound base with two foilage supports (tureen with chipping to foliage, flaking to tip of tail and claws, chip to edge of footrim and slight hairline crack from rim, cover with section at one side broken through and restuck, minute restoration to tip of beak)
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high
Circa 1745-50
Naturally modelled and painted in petit feu colours with brown beak and yellow eyes, its dark-grey and purple head with dark-grey markings, its grey chest with a white patch, the white plumage of its wings, abdomen and tail with grey markings and tips, with puce clawed feet on a shaped rectangular shallow grassy mound base with two foilage supports (tureen with chipping to foliage, flaking to tip of tail and claws, chip to edge of footrim and slight hairline crack from rim, cover with section at one side broken through and restuck, minute restoration to tip of beak)
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.