SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY UTRECHT

Details

A Dutch canary cage tile picture
Second half 19th Century, probably Utrecht
Painted in yellow, blue, manganese red and purple, depicting an arched cage surmounted by five spire finials, a birdfeeder to the front, containing a perched canary (two tiles cracked, minor chips)
2 x 3 loose tiles, 26.5cm. x 39.5cm.

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Lot Essay

See J. Pluis, Kanariekooitableaus, Tegel 11/1983, p.16-41 for a discussion about canary cage tile pictures.
H. van Lemmen, De Nederlandse Tegel (Rijswijk 1997), ill.p.8.

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