Bird Vendor

Factory Zurich Pottery and Porcelain Factory Swiss

Modeler Probably Johann Wilhelm Spengler

ca. 1773

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Title: Bird Vendor
Factory: Zurich Pottery and Porcelain Factory (Swiss, founded 1763)
Modeler: Probably Johann Wilhelm Spengler (active Zurich 1772–77)
Date: ca. 1773
Culture: Swiss, Zurich
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions: Height: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1943
Object Number: 43.100.64
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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