Description:
English creamware bird figure with folded wings, perched on a trunk supported on a rectangular base. The bird is decorated with underglaze metallic oxide colors of brown, yellow, and green, which is also known as tortoiseshell ware. This type of ceramic was first produced in 1749, but continued to be made into the nineteenth century such as this example with its solid base, a later technique for making figures. These figurines were popular mantlepiece and cupboard ornaments. The press-molded figure is in two halves; the outside of the base is scored or cross hatched, and the underside of concave base is solid clay with a hole to let air escape. The base is coated in a layer of green glaze; glaze has crackled. This figure has a history of ownership in North Amherst, Massachusetts. The figure has been broken in half at the base and mended. (The seller indicated that originally it had been one of a pair - the other was broken).
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