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Lot 163

A rare Plymouth white model of a pheasant, circa 1768-70

29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A rare Plymouth white model of a pheasant, circa 1768-70

The crested bird with a long tail, its head turned slightly to its right, perched on a tree stump applied with leaves and flowers, 20.5cm high

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A very similar pair of white pheasants is in the British Museum (accession nos. 1945,1003.1 and 1945,1003.2), exhibited in the Bristol Porcelain Bicentenary Exhibition 1770-1970, no.16. Another is in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection (accession no. 1955-234,1). See also that illustrated by F Severne Mackenna, Cookworthy's Plymouth and Bristol Porcelain (1946), pl.1 and that from the A S R Hughes Collection sold by Bonhams on 8 September 2010, lot 113. For a coloured pair see Anne McNair, The Lady Ludlow Collection of English Porcelain (2007), p.186, no.169.

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