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Figure group (Bird (chicken, cockerel or rooster and hen))
Bow Porcelain Factory
1754-1760
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Bow Porcelain Factory (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
Stratford Langthorne; Essex; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1969.0688
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.0688
Object Name
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
Dimensions (inches)
4.222 (H) x 5.394 (W) x 3.079 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
10.725 (H) x 13.7 (W) x 7.82 (D)
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. 201Book: 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.