Our Premier Autumn Auction | Session II | October 22, 2025
Wed, Oct 22, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 715
Exceptionally Rare Pair of Whieldon Type Staffordshire Pottery Birds
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Sold for
$12,000
Sold Price excludes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
circa 1755, perched on naturalistic stump form bases with molded flowers, each 7-1/4 x 3-3/4 x 2-1/2 in.
Provenance: Art Trading Limited, New York, New York, November 7, 1985 (accompanied by copy of receipt); An Important Atlanta Private Collection
Note: Few other pairs are known, with one held in the collection of Colonial Williamsburg. A single bird can be found in the Schreiber Collection at The Victoria & Albert Museum in London and another in A Passion For Pottery: Further Selections From The Henry H. Weldon Collection by Peter Williams & Pat Halfpenny, no. 200, p. 295. This pair is pictured in A Collection of Early English Pottery, Part V compiled by Jonathan Horne (Antiques) Ltd., 1985, no. 123. According to consignor notes, "Press moulded birds from the Whieldon period are much less desirable and are more frequently found. This pair have obviously been derived from a Chelsea original."
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Art Trading Limited, New York, New York, November 7, 1985 (accompanied by copy of receipt); An Important Atlanta Private Collection
a few pinholes, glaze voids, and other minor firing anomalies, some kiln debris to bases, each with restorations to wing tips and bases
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