Chamberlains Worcester Pea Hen and Chicks c1821

Description

Heading : Exceptionally Rare Chamberlains Worcester ‘Pea Hen and Chicks’ Animal Model
Date : c1821
Period : George IV
Marks : Iron-red hand painted cursive Chamberlains Worcester
Origin : Worcester; England
Colour : White body with gilt details. and banding to matt blue base
Pattern : A pea hen and three chicks. gathered together on a log over applied primroses
Condition : Excellent; no chips. cracks or flakes; gilding is almost entirely complete including the very fine feather details; one of the individual primroses has lost a tiny part of three petals
Restoration : None
Dimensions : 9.5 cm high – base 6.5 cm diameter
Weight : 163 grams

Note : This has proven to be extraordinarily difficult to track down; the model is listed only as an extract of a manifest reproduced in Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain (Geoffrey Godden 1982) page 214. which catalogues various items sent down from Worcester to the company’s London retail premises – seventeen pieces referred to only as ‘Pea hens’ were despatched during the winter of 1821/22. and listed at a cost price of £10 10s