E arle D. V anDekar of Knightsbridge, Inc

from The Philadelphia Show 2023

Francis J. Purcell, Inc.

Outstanding Decorative Arts from the 17th to the 20th century.

18th-century Bow Porcelain Models of South American Parrots, Circa 1758-62

These beautiful Bow porcelain birds are naturalistically modeled, each perching on a flowering stump issuing from a rococo-scroll molded base. They are both standing on one leg and holding a peach in the other claw, one is bringing the fruit up to its beak to eat.

The pair are after parrots made at the Meissen factory and first modeled by J.J. Kändler in 1741.