Description:
English pearlware, press-molded hawk or possibly parrot, decorated in "Prattware" colors of yellow, green, and brown, after the potter, William Pratt, who developed the palette at his factory in Lane Delph, Staffordshire. These are the typical range of colors available for underglaze painted decoration, a palette limited to colors derived from metallic oxides that could withstand the heat of the glaze firing. The bird, with its head turned sideways, has a brown beak, eyes, and tail, a yellow body, and green wings with incised lines outlining feathers; and is perched on a brown domed, hollow base. According to ceramic dealer John Howard, the ultimate prototype for this pottery piece could be a Chinese export porcelain hawk figure. For an image see William Sargent, Copeland Collection at the Peabody Essex Museum, p. 146, no 67.
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