1526

Figure — CRC# 1526

Description
One of an extremely rare pair of Plymouth models of pheasants, each modelled with head turned, and tail feathers raised, its plumage decorated in yellow, pale blue, puce, brown and iron red, on tree-stump shaped base, applied with coloured flowers and leaves, circa 1768-70, no marks
Service
Figure
Date
1768-70
Size
5 3/8” high,
Condition
Perfect
Mark
No mark
Mark Group
No mark
Decorator
No mark
Maker
Cookworthy
Historic Provenance
Sotheby’s, London, 14th May 1974, lot 125. See F S Mackenna, Plymouth and Bristol Porcelain, numbers 45 and 46, for a pair of taller models of pheasants, in the white. A coloured pair of this larger model is in the Lady Ludlow Collection, Bowes Museum
CRC#
1526
Type
Figure