NESTING PARTRIDGE AS A LIDDED TUREEN Marieberg, circa 1760–70, attributed to.

NESTING PARTRIDGE AS A LIDDED TUREEN

Marieberg, circa 1760–70, attributed to.
Faience decorated in overglaze enamels. Naturalistically modelled as a nesting bird on an oval nest applied with flowers. The interior of the tureen base marbled in green.
L 20 cm, H 11.5 cm, W 11.5 cm.
Firing cracks and a hairline crack.

Provenance:
- Fischer Auction Gallery, Lucerne, June 24, 1988, Lot No. 3794.
- Peter Ducret Collection, Kilchberg.

According to Ducret, no other example of this model is known. Similar models, however, originate from the Baltic region (Kanowski 2003, p. 179).