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A rare Chelsea white figure
of an Owl naturalistically modelled with well delineated plumage perched
on a rocky mound base.
Height: 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
Circa 1750
The model, unlike many of the Chelsea birds, is not taken from George
Edwards’, ‘A Natural History of Uncommon Birds’, pub. London 1743-47 nor
does it appear in Eleazer Albin’s, ‘A Natural History of Birds’ London
1731-38. The realism of the model of the owl, probably a Scops owl is
quite extraordinary and has probably been modelled from life, especially
for the third eyelid is included which makes the model very
ornithologically correct.
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