Property of the Shelter Island Historical Society, sold to benefit the Museum Collections Program
A Dutch Delft Polychrome Trompe L’oeil Birdcage Plaque, Second Half 18th Century
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January 24, 08:49 PM GMT
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1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Property of the Shelter Island Historical Society, sold to benefit the Museum Collections Program
A Dutch Delft Polychrome Trompe L’oeil Birdcage Plaque
Second Half 18th Century
painted with a brightly-coloured songbird perched in an arched cage, with a water reservoir at one side, pierced for hanging
10 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.
Janet Roach (ed.), Delftware from the Gill Patterson Collection at the Shelter Island Historical Society, Shelter Island Historical Society, 2012, p. 29