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Source Description
A woodpecker is poised on a tree stump. Animals and birds such as this woodpecker were produced by many English ceramic factories. Like their Meissen prototypes, they were often used to decorate dining tables during the fruit and dessert courses.
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Document identity
localId
35525
label
Woodpecker
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
35525
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Woodpecker
description
A woodpecker is poised on a tree stump. Animals and birds such as this woodpecker were produced by many English ceramic factories. Like their Meissen prototypes, they were often used to decorate dining tables during the fruit and dessert courses.
provenance
George Robinson Harding, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1760-1765
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
statuettes (statues)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.4
height
7.8
depth
6.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 11/16 × W: 3 1/16 × D: 2 1/2 in. (9.4 × 7.8 × 6.3 cm)
Source extras
med
soft paste porcelain
creator_ids
15413
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
fa8944527c834ece