figure of a parrot
Summary
Public: Figure of a parrot, cream coloured earthenware, with streaky underglaze manganese brown oxide decoration bleeding into lead glaze. Private: Hollow press-moulded figure of a parrot, perched on tall rounded tree trunk base, with impressed feather details to wings. Cream coloured earthenware body, sponged with manganese brown bleeding into lead glaze to give mottled and streaky overall colour.
Object Name
figure of a parrot
Date Created
1750-1770
accession number
1923.700
Collection Group
Place of creation
Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg
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