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CIRCA 1745-50, BLUE PH MONOGRAM OF PAUL ANTOINE HANNONG, BLUE I TO BOTH
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A Strasbourg pigeon-tureen and cover
Circa 1745-50, blue PH monogram of Paul Antoine Hannong, blue i to both
Naturally modelled and painted in petit feu colours with pale-puce and yellow beak and eyes, dark-grey head, the pale-grey plumage of its neck, chest and back with dark-grey dotted markings, a white patch to its chest, some of the white plumage of its wings, abdomen and tail with grey markings and tips, with pale-puce clawed feet on a shaped rectangular shallow grassy mound base with two branch supports (both sides of tureen and corner of base broken through and restored, chipping to supports, flaking to tip of tail, cover with edges of both wings replacements, one shoulder with restored chipping and associated star-crack, slight crack to other shoulder, minute restoration to tip of beak)
10 in. (25.3 cm.) high
Circa 1745-50, blue PH monogram of Paul Antoine Hannong, blue i to both
Naturally modelled and painted in petit feu colours with pale-puce and yellow beak and eyes, dark-grey head, the pale-grey plumage of its neck, chest and back with dark-grey dotted markings, a white patch to its chest, some of the white plumage of its wings, abdomen and tail with grey markings and tips, with pale-puce clawed feet on a shaped rectangular shallow grassy mound base with two branch supports (both sides of tureen and corner of base broken through and restored, chipping to supports, flaking to tip of tail, cover with edges of both wings replacements, one shoulder with restored chipping and associated star-crack, slight crack to other shoulder, minute restoration to tip of beak)
10 in. (25.3 cm.) high
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