A rare St James's (Charles Gouyn model of a canary or finch c.1753, naturalistically modelled and perched on a low branch with head slightly turned to the left, the plumage washed a pale yellow, the tree stump finely painted with flowers, possibly at the London atelier of James Giles the tail restuck, 12.1cm. Provenance: the Roy Hogarth Collection. Purchased from Bonhams, 21st May 2014, lot 52. Cf. Albert Amor Ltd., Birds in Branches Exhibition, October 2000, p.24, no.17 for a similar pair. The flowers on the stump are reminiscent of those described as Type A by Bernard Watney in 'The King, the Nun and Other Figures', ECC Transactions, Vol. 7, and were later described by Stephen Hanscombe as likely to have been the work of the Giles workshop.
A rare St James's (Charles Gouyn model of a canary or finch c.1753, naturalistically modelled and perched on a low branch with head slightly turned to the left, the plumage washed a pale yellow, the tree stump finely painted with flowers, possibly at the London atelier of James Giles the tail restuck, 12.1cm. Provenance: the Roy Hogarth Collection. Purchased from Bonhams, 21st May 2014, lot 52. Cf. Albert Amor Ltd., Birds in Branches Exhibition, October 2000, p.24, no.17 for a similar pair. The flowers on the stump are reminiscent of those described as Type A by Bernard Watney in 'The King, the Nun and Other Figures', ECC Transactions, Vol. 7, and were later described by Stephen Hanscombe as likely to have been the work of the Giles workshop.
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