Lot Essay
Cf. the saltglaze pair from the A.C.J. Wall Collection sold in these Rooms, 18 October 1976, lot 131.
CIRCA 1760
Details
A Staffordshire creamware model of a dove of Whieldon type
Circa 1760
Perched to the left with its head turned, with brown-splashed body and incised wing and tail feathers with green and brown markings, astride a brown-streaked conical tree-stump applied with two entwined green fruiting branches (restoration to beak, left wing, chips to green foliage, small chips to edge of base)
10½in. (26.5cm.) high
Circa 1760
Perched to the left with its head turned, with brown-splashed body and incised wing and tail feathers with green and brown markings, astride a brown-streaked conical tree-stump applied with two entwined green fruiting branches (restoration to beak, left wing, chips to green foliage, small chips to edge of base)
10½in. (26.5cm.) high