Ceramic Bird

Ceramic

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Cascade Locks Historical Museum

Name/Title

Ceramic Bird

Entry/Object ID

81.1.25

Description

Ceramic painted bird hand painted. Glazed with color and then painted over top of the glaze. Blue bird with green wings a pink neck, yellow beak perched on a light blue base with flowers of blue and yellow. bottom of the statue says, "Presented by Ethel Bailey, President 1944-46. To Theta, RO Girls." (RO or RCI) Item number is not found in the ledger.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Date, Signature

Location

Bottom

Transcription

"Presented by Ethel Bailey, President 1944-46. To Theta, RO Girls."

Language

English

Material/Technique

Painted, Chalk

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Figurine

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Statue

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Bird

Height

8-1/4 in

Width

1-3/4 in

Length

2-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Base

Height

4-1/4 in

Width

3-1/8 in

Length

4-1/8 in

Dimension Description

Whole Piece

Height

7-13/16 in

Material

Ceramic

Colors

Color

Blue, Pink, Yellow, Green, White, Black, Brown

Color Notes

Ceramic with white base and glazed light blue, light green and pink. then paint is applied over the top of the glaze. painted blue bird with glazed green wings and under glaze of blue and painted yellow beak. Neck is glazed pink and chest is glazed green. Face and legs are painted with black and dark brown. Base is glazed light blue, light pink and light green. Flowers on base are painted blue with yellow centers and green leafs and yellow with no center coloring of the flower. On bottom someone wrote in blue paint and charcoal pencil.