A PAIR OF MEISSEN MODELS OF SOUTH AMERICAN PARROTS, CIRCA 1890 |

perched on tree stumps above rockwork26cm. high; 10¼in.

Generally in good order, the example with the predominantly yellow hood has a chip approximately 1 cm. wide to the corner of the tail and scattered chipping to the fern leaves either side of the rockwork base. The other example has a single clump of leaves to the base which also has scattered chipping. There is a small shallow chip to the tip of one feather of the tail.
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LITERATURE
Inventory of the Property of Guy O. Smith at 33 Grosvenor Street, 1904, possibly two from 'Front Drawing Room / 2 large Dresden [sic] Birds'
Inventory of the Property of Guy O. Smith at 19 Hill Street, 1927, 'Right Back Bedroom / A pair of Dresden [sic] Parrots 10in. high' or possibly those with the same description in the Boudoir;
Inventory of the Property of Guy O. Smith at Shottesbrooke Park, 1928, vol. I, possibly 'Miss Oswald Smith's Bedroom / Pair 10-in. Dresden [sic] Birds'