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

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Bow Porcelain Factory (Probable maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Stratford Langthorne, Essex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    1754-1760

  • Materials:

    Porcelain (soft-paste); Lead glaze

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Painted, Gilded, Enameled

  • Museum Object Number:

    1969.0688


  • Complete Details



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)
c. 1747-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

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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.