The Whip-Poor-Will or Lesser Goat-Sucker
Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted over glaze in greyish-blue, green, yellow, pink, dark pink, red, purple, brown, and black enamels. The circular underside is unglazed and has a small circular ventilation hole in the centre. The tree trunk rises from a low circular mound. Some roots are visible at the front, and there are four groups of raised leaves at intervals on the sides. The bird perches on the top on both feet. Its plumage is painted in greyish-blue, yellow, pink, red, brown, and purple, and its eyes in black The base is white with four green and yellow splashes. The base and tree trunk are lightly painted in pale brown on one side, the roots are pink, and the groups of raised leaves are yellow and green with dark brown veins.
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Height: 15.8 cm
Length: 15 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1932-10) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Raised anchor period (1749-1752)
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1750
CE
-
1752
CE
The model was adapted from pl. 63, the Whip Poor Will or Lesser Goat-Sucker in George Edwards, The Natural History of Uncommon Birds, vol. II, 1747.
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( greyish-blue, green, yellow, pink, dark pink, red, purple, brown, and black)
Visble Surfaces
composed of
lead-glaze
Visible Surfaces
Slip-casting : Soft-paste porcelain, slip-cast (presumed) and painted overglaze in greyish-blue, green, yellow, pink, dark pink, red, purple, brown, and black enamels
Inscription present: oval pad with raised anchor
Accession number: C.81-1932
Primary reference Number: 80510
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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