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CIRCA 1751, RAISED RED ANCHOR MARK TO SIDE OF TREE STUMP
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A CHELSEA MODEL OF A CHINESE PHEASANT
Circa 1751, raised red anchor mark to side of tree stump
Decorated in the London workshop of William Duesbury, the bird with purple body and brightly colored wing and tail feathers perched astride a tall tree-stump applied with colored flowers and foliage and painted with trailing moss
9½in. (23cm.) high
Circa 1751, raised red anchor mark to side of tree stump
Decorated in the London workshop of William Duesbury, the bird with purple body and brightly colored wing and tail feathers perched astride a tall tree-stump applied with colored flowers and foliage and painted with trailing moss
9½in. (23cm.) high
Provenance
Robert Gelston
Literature
F. Severne Mackenna, London, (1948), Chelsea Porcelain: The Red Anchor Wares,pl. 33, fig. 68
This model is perhaps derived from the engraving from George Edwards' Natural History of Uncommon Birds (1743), vol. II, pl. 66
Among the frequent references to birds in William Duesbury's London Account Book 1751-1753 English Porcelain Circle, (1930), under 29 May 1751 he records '1 phesont' (sic.)
This model is perhaps derived from the engraving from George Edwards' Natural History of Uncommon Birds (1743), vol. II, pl. 66
Among the frequent references to birds in William Duesbury's London Account Book 1751-1753 English Porcelain Circle, (1930), under 29 May 1751 he records '1 phesont' (sic.)