113. Birds - Staffordshire Figures, 1780-1840: Supplementary Archive

113. Birds

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Enamel-painted Figures

113.1a. From the Christie's June 3 1994 catalog. (c) Christie's.

113.10a. Bird whistle. Courtesy John Howard.

113.11a. Whistle

113.11b. This whistle is 12 inches long and 8 inches tall. It is decorated in colors associated with the Northeast pot banks. Courtesy John Howard

113.11c. Not a whistle but a sweet figure all the same! H: 6.5 cms. Courtesy Woolley & Wallis.

113.12a. Courtesy Woolley & Wallis.

113.15a. Courtesy Mears & Boyer.

113.18a. Courtesy John Howard.

113.18b. After a porcelain model and possibly with some underglaze and some enamel colors. Courtesy Stair Galleries.

113.23a. Smaller than 113.23. I think. See below for swans in underglaze colors. (c) Bonhams.

113.23c. A swan whistle. Courtesy John Howard. Also shown in the Addendum to Vol. 4.

113.33a. Peacock. Courtesy John Howard Antiques.

113.37a. This perplexing figure is of the same form as 113.37. The base is a typical Enoch Wood form and the blue flower is of a form only otherwise seen on Enoch Wood/Wood & Caldwell figures....yet it is mpressed WEDGWOOD. I know Wedgwood was a plagiarist extraordinaire, but he really gummed up my thinking with this one! It remains a challenge. I wish I could see how the base was made beneath. (c) Christie's.

113.37b. This pair of eagles has a hole atop each head, presumably for a metal mounting of sorts. (c) Skinner Auction Gallery.

11.58a. Apparently a true pair.

113.58b. Another true pair.

113.75. Salt-glazed stoneware with enamel decoration. Circa 1760. Courtesy the National Museum of Scotland.

113..76. Salt-glazed stoneware with enamel decoration. Circa 1760. Courtesy the National Museum of Scotland.

Figures Decorated with Underglaze Colors or with Colored Glazes

Height 8" and formed from a red clay. Courtesy John Howard.

Probably made in Yorkshire.

Probably made in Yorkshire. H: 3.5". Courtesy John Howard.

(c) Christie's.

Courtesy John Howard.

Courtesy Aurea Carter.

I am not sure but I think this is decorated under the glaze. (c) Brighton and Hove Museums.

Probably made by one of the Scottish pot banks. H: 8.5". Courtesy John Howard.

Like 113.47 but in Pratt colors. THis pair is shown in Haggar, and this photo is copyright of Mr. Haggar's heirs. Another pair is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Like 113.47 but in Pratt colors

Courtesy Earle D. Vandekar.

H: 8.3". Courtesy John Howard.

(c) Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Companion to the following bird.

(c) Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Companion to the previous bird.

(c) Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Courtesy Martyn Edgell.

Courtesy Roger de Ville.

Hawk. H: 6.5". Courtesy John Howard Antiques.

Courtesy Woolley & Wallis.

Courtesy Doyles.

Courtesy John Howard.

Courtesy John Howard.

Lidded tureen. Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Creamware decorated in colored glazes from molds used for Chelsea porcelain birds. Just over 5" tall. Courtesy Skinner.

Dovecote in the Manchester Museum and Art Galleries shown in the second edition of Lewis, "Prattware." H: 13".

H: 8.5". Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Courtesy Andrew Dando

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

H: 9". Made in Scotland, probably at Portobello. Courtesy John Howard.

Bird whistle. Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

A crane. H:6.5". Courtesy Christie's NY.

Courtesy Christie's NY.

Courtesy the National Museum of Scotland.

Quill holder. Courtesy eBay seller brooksey.

Circa 1770. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Dovecote. Courtesy Skinner.

Circa 1770. Courtesy Chipstone Foundation.

Courtesy Sotheby's NY.