Object Number 2003.0013.080

Object Name

Figure (Bird (phoenix))

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Mrs. Helen Shumway Mayer

Creator (Role)

Plymouth porcelain factory (Probable maker)
c. 1768-1770

Place of Origin

Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Origin Notes

Possible origin.

Date

1768-1770

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside; A round black label with gold printed letters reads, "GUARANTEED/ GENUINE/ D. M & P. MANHEIM/ 46 EAST 57th STREET/ NEW YORK CITY".

Materials

Porcelain (hard-paste)

Techniques

Slip-cast

Dimensions (inches)

8.071 (H) , 6.496 (L) , 5.157 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20.5 (H) , 16.5 (L) , 13.1 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Catalogue] Brian Haughton Antiques. 2012 A Sense of Pleasure.
• Similarly modeled Wedgwood creamware eagle on rocky base: p. 51, no. 32, noting marked Wedgwood example at Temple Newsam, 1765-70
[Book] Grigsby, Leslie B. 1990 The Henry H. Weldon Collection: English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800.
• Similarly modeled Wedgwood creamware eagle on rocky base: p. 51, no. 32, 1780-1805, with lower edge socketed, implying it fit into another ceramic piece.