An English Pearlware Polychrome Box and Cover in the form of a Nesting Pigeon, Early 19th Century

Property of the Shelter Island Historical Society, sold to benefit the Museum collects ions Program

An English Pearlware Polychrome Box and Cover in the form of a Nesting Pigeon

Early 19th Century

naturalistically modeled and painted in shades of pale purple, its nest applied with 'moss' and painted in tones of brown, numeral 93 in iron-red to interior of cover

Length 8 3/4 in.

22.2 cm