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THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY, THE DECORATION PERHAPS LATER, INDISTINCT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS
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A PAIR OF MEISSEN MODELS OF A COCK AND HEN PIGEON
THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY, THE DECORATION PERHAPS LATER, INDISTINCT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS
Each naturalistically modelled, the male standing on a tree-stump base with ruffled plumage enriched in shades of grey, his female companion seated on a sprigged nest
The cock 9 in. (23 cm.) high; the hen 11½ in. (29.3 cm.) long (2)
THE PORCELAIN 18TH CENTURY, THE DECORATION PERHAPS LATER, INDISTINCT BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS
Each naturalistically modelled, the male standing on a tree-stump base with ruffled plumage enriched in shades of grey, his female companion seated on a sprigged nest
The cock 9 in. (23 cm.) high; the hen 11½ in. (29.3 cm.) long (2)
Literature
W.B. Honey, Catalogue of the Porcelain and Pottery both Oriental and European in the Collection of Earl Spencer at Althorp, 1937, no. 657, including a transcription of a letter from Lady Sarah Spencer to her brother, Hon. R.G. Spencer, April 27th, 1809 - 'My Grandmother Lucan has just sent Mrs. Fisher two china pigeons to stand on her chimney piece; and I assure you no bronze statues or marble vases ever were half as much admired as these pigeons are.'
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