THREE ENGLISH PORCELAIN MODELS OF BIRDS
THREE ENGLISH PORCELAIN MODELS OF BIRDS

CIRCA 1753-65, THE CHAMBERSTICK WITH IRON-RED ANCHOR MARK

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THREE ENGLISH PORCELAIN MODELS OF BIRDS
CIRCA 1753-65, THE CHAMBERSTICK WITH IRON-RED ANCHOR MARK
Comprising: a Chelsea chamberstick with two birds perched on a tree-stump, a lamb below; a Bow group of two finches perched on a tree-stump, a hound below; and a Derby model of a songbird
7 1/8 in. (18.2 cm.) high, the chamberstick
Provenance
Bequest of John L. Cadwalader, 1914 (the chamberstick).
Bequest of John L. Cadwalader, 1914 (the finches).
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1948 (the songbird).
Literature
Y. Hackenbroch, Chelsea and Other English Porcelain Pottery and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, Cambridge, MA, 1957, pl. 105, fig. 286 (the songbird).

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