A Bow 'Birds in Branches' Buntings Group and A Bow Figure of a Bunting, Circa 1765-70
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October 18, 03:08 PM GMT
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1,500 - 2,000 USD
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A Bow 'Birds in Branches' Buntings Group and A Bow Figure of a Bunting, Circa 1765-70
the group, each with yellow plumage, modeled guarding a nest of fledglings among branches, with a reclining dog beneath them, pierced for mounting, set with a loop handle and floret thumbrest, on pierced circular base;
the figure, with yellow plumage, modeled with wing tips crossed, perched on a low flowering tree-stump raised on four puce and turquoise scroll feet.
Height of group 7 in.
17.8 cm
bunting group:
Elizabeth Humphreys Owen Collection, formerly Property of Lady Edward Sassoon;
Phillips London, June 8, 1994, lot 210
bunting figure:
John Hewitt Collection, England;
Andrew Sincock Collection, England;
Steppes Hill Farm Antiques, Sittingbourne, England
group:
London, Roderick Jellicoe, 2001, Minter - Weldon Collection, bearing label.
bunting figure
Albert Amor, London, Rarities from The John Hewett Collection of Early 18th Century English Porcelain, April 24-May 15, 1997
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