Ceramics
Bow Porcelain Factory (Probable maker)
Stratford Langthorne, Essex, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1754-1760
Porcelain (soft-paste); Lead glaze
Molded, Painted, Gilded, Enameled
1969.0688
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.