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Group of Two Birds

Made at: Chelsea Manufactory (England, active 1745–1784)
English
around 1749-1752
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain, colored enamels
Dimensions 11.43 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Richard C. Paine
Accession Number30.325
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionA blue creeper and golden headed black titmouse, after an engraving by George Edwards.Perched in branches with raised flower decoration colored in brown, red and aubergine.
Marks Mark: raised red anchor.
ProvenanceBy 1924, Alfred Hutton, London. By 1930, Richard C. Paine (b. 1893 - d. 1966), Boston; 1930, gift of Richard C. Paine to the MFA. (Accession date: April 3, 1930).