Figure group (Bird (chicken, cockerel or rooster and hen))

Museum Object Number 1969.0688

Object Name

Figure group (Bird (chicken, cockerel or rooster and hen))

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Bow Porcelain Factory (Probable maker)

Date of Birth

c. 1747

Date of Death

c. 1776

Place of Origin

Stratford Langthorne, Essex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1754-1760

Materials

Porcelain (soft-paste); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Painted, Gilded, Enameled

Dimensions (inches)

4.222 (H) , 5.394 (W) , 3.079 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

10.725 (H) , 13.7 (W) , 7.82 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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.