Lot Essay
Cf. Ross E. Taggart, The Frank P. and Harriet C. Burnap Collection of English Pottery in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery (1967), p.34, fig. 65.
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EARLY 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY STAFFORDSHIRE
Details
A pottery bird whistle
Early 19th century, possibly Staffordshire
Modelled with a bird perched on a branch of a stylised tree flanked by smaller birds, on conical foot, enriched in pale-coloured slip with tortoiseshell streaking (tail of smaller bird broken off, small glaze chips)
9½ in. (24.7 cm.) high
Early 19th century, possibly Staffordshire
Modelled with a bird perched on a branch of a stylised tree flanked by smaller birds, on conical foot, enriched in pale-coloured slip with tortoiseshell streaking (tail of smaller bird broken off, small glaze chips)
9½ in. (24.7 cm.) high