A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE MODEL OF A CRANE
CIRCA 1780
Modeled perched on a grassy tree-stump
6 ½ in. (16.2 cm.) high
A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE MODEL OF A CRANE
CIRCA 1780
Modeled perched on a grassy tree-stump
6 ½ in. (16.2 cm.) high
The Frank Partridge Collection, London. With James C. Brady, Far Hills, New Jersey. A Collection Formed by Nelson A. Rockefeller and offered for the Benefit of his Estate; Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 11 April 1980, lot 117.
F. Partridge, Ralph Wood Pottery: Mr. Frank Partridge's Collection, London, 1923, p. 70, no. 141. D. Fennimore, et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, vol. IV, 1992, p. 102, no. 104.
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