A Chamberlain Worcester chocolate cup, cover and stand, circa 1810Of gently tapering form, with twin ring handles, the cover with a loop finial, a large panel painted with a 'Striped Headed Manakin', the bird's feathers delicately shaded in tones of black and brown with flashes of red and orange, perched on a branch on a riverbank, between borders of gold beads, with gilt dentil rims, stand 13.3cm diam, titles and script Chamberlains Worcester marks (3)FootnotesThe painting is after an illustration by Frederick Polydore Nodder, which appears in George Shaw's The Naturalist's Miscellany, published in 1794. Manakins, more commonly called pardalotes, are a species native to Australia.
A Chamberlain Worcester chocolate cup, cover and stand, circa 1810Of gently tapering form, with twin ring handles, the cover with a loop finial, a large panel painted with a 'Striped Headed Manakin', the bird's feathers delicately shaded in tones of black and brown with flashes of red and orange, perched on a branch on a riverbank, between borders of gold beads, with gilt dentil rims, stand 13.3cm diam, titles and script Chamberlains Worcester marks (3)FootnotesThe painting is after an illustration by Frederick Polydore Nodder, which appears in George Shaw's The Naturalist's Miscellany, published in 1794. Manakins, more commonly called pardalotes, are a species native to Australia.
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