Museum Object Number1969.0688 |
Figure group (Bird (chicken, cockerel or rooster and hen))
Ceramics
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Bow Porcelain Factory (Probable maker)
c. 1747
c. 1776
Stratford Langthorne, Essex, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1754-1760
Porcelain (soft-paste); Lead glaze
Molded, Painted, Gilded, Enameled
4.222 (H) , 5.394 (W) , 3.079 (D)
10.725 (H) , 13.7 (W) , 7.82 (D)
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[Book] Bradshaw, Peter. 1981 18th Century English Porcelain Figures 1745-1795.
• In an account of Bow figures from 1755- 65, Bradshaw lists: H128 "Cockerel and compainion Hen"
[Book] Adams, Elizabeth Bryding & Redstone, David. 1981 Bow Porcelain.
• Similar Bow Cock and Hen: pl. 131, p. 201
[Book] Fennimore, Donald L., et al. 1992 The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Volume IV Decorative Arts.
• Chelsea porcelain similar cockerel, shown free standing, with different hen and chicks: pp. 90-91, no. 85, c. 1758.