Lot Essay
For a similar example in the Henry Weldon Collection see Leslie B. Grigsby, English Pottery, 1650-1800, p. 313, no. 172(b)
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A STAFFORDSHIRE POLYCHROME SALTGLAZE MODEL OF A HAWK richly enamelled in bright colours with black beak, iron-red and yellow eyes, turquoise and puce neck and breast, aubergine, green, iron-red, brown and dark-blue wing and tail feathers and bright yellow body, perched on a triangular aubergine incised rockwork base (minute chip to beak), circa 1755
Details
A STAFFORDSHIRE POLYCHROME SALTGLAZE MODEL OF A HAWK richly enamelled in bright colours with black beak, iron-red and yellow eyes, turquoise and puce neck and breast, aubergine, green, iron-red, brown and dark-blue wing and tail feathers and bright yellow body, perched on a triangular aubergine incised rockwork base (minute chip to beak), circa 1755
19cm. high
19cm. high
Provenance
A.C.J. Wall Collection, sale Christie's, 7 July 1975, lot 178
Anon., sale Christie's, 4 June 1979, lot 45
Anon., sale Christie's, 4 June 1979, lot 45