Highly Important Chelsea Raised Anchor Model of a Green Indian Fly Catcher, Circa 1749-50
Height: 4 ins. (10.cms.)
Item No. 1872
An extremely rare and Highly Important Chelsea Raised Anchor Model of a Green Indian Fly Catcher, taken from George Edwards ‘Natural History of Uncommon Birds’, vol. 2 pl. 79. The...
An extremely rare and Highly Important Chelsea Raised Anchor Model of a Green Indian Fly Catcher, taken from George Edwards ‘Natural History of Uncommon Birds’, vol. 2 pl. 79.
The bird raised up on a naturalistically modelled tree stump applied with leaves and buds, the plumage of the bird coloured in tones of purple, brown, black and yellow, the base painted with roses and butterflies.
Mark: Applied raised Anchor Mark in oval