Lot Essay
Cf. Lockett & Godden, Davenport China, Earthenware & Glass 1794-1887 (Barrie & Jenkins, London 1989), p. 88, pls. 48, 49 and 50 for similar painting and a similar shape
Details
A Davenport pearlware ornithological dessert tureen and cover
the cover painted with SUMMER-RED-BIRD-OF-COROLINE and GOLD-FINCH, the body with YELLOW-WREN-OF-JAMAICA and S:AMERICAN-GUIRA-GUACUBERABA, titled in iron red, within black-line rims, with barley-twist handles, scroll finial and fixed oval stand -- 17cm. high, circa 1800-10 (minor crack to cover and slight wear)
See illustration
the cover painted with SUMMER-RED-BIRD-OF-COROLINE and GOLD-FINCH, the body with YELLOW-WREN-OF-JAMAICA and S:AMERICAN-GUIRA-GUACUBERABA, titled in iron red, within black-line rims, with barley-twist handles, scroll finial and fixed oval stand -- 17cm. high, circa 1800-10 (minor crack to cover and slight wear)
See illustration