1345
1345m
1345a
Bird's nest — CRC# 1345
- Description
- A rare Bristol biscuit porcelain bird's nest, containing three eggs, 3” diameter, circa 1773-6. See F S Mackenna, Plymouth and Bristol Porcelain, page 138, number 94, for another example, from the H W Hughes Collection. Condition: perfect
- Service
- Plaques
- Date
- 1773-78
- Condition
- Perfect
- Mark
- n/a
- Mark Group
- No mark
- Decorator
- No mark
- Maker
- Champion
- Historic Provenance
- Provenance; Acquired from David and Sally March, January 2000; Vanessa Stevenson collection
- CRC#
- 1345
- Type
- Bird's nest
1345b
Historic illustrations, exhibitions and provenance
H0067 · 1975
Biscuit porcelain bird's nest, No. 94 from the Mackenna Collection
Source: The FS Mackenna Collection of English Porcelain vol 3 Plymouth & Bristol
H0573 · 2017
A Bristol bird's nest in Albert Amor's East to West exhibition July 2017
H0540 · 2021
The bird's nest in the Vanessa Stevenson collection, sold at Albert Amor in 2021
Source: The Vanessa Stevenson Collection
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Brooch · 1346
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