#7064 • J.T. Jones (Crown Staffordshire), Pair of Budgerigars on Blossoming Branch & Flying Bird Figure, Fine Bone China, 8" H

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High bid $60.00

Status: Sold

A finely modelled English fine bone china bird group and companion figure, designed and modelled by J. T. (Jack) Jones for Crown Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England, mid-20th century. The first is a naturalistic budgerigar (parakeet) pair perched amid a flowering, bark-textured branch rising from an oval, moss-toned base. The birds are rendered in graded sky-to-cobalt blue enamels with delicately incised feathering, gilt-highlighted eyes, and subtly shaded beaks; the branch is enriched with applied blossoms and foliage in pink, green, and cream, with scattered polychrome flowers across the ground. The companion figure depicts a long-tailed bird in flight, wings fully outstretched, the plumage washed in layered blue-green tones over a glossy white, cloud-like support, emphasizing movement and lift. Both pieces bear printed Crown Staffordshire “Fine Bone China” marks and the “Designed and Modelled by J.T. Jones” inscription, consistent with the firm’s 1930s-and-later backstamps and Jones’s well-known natural history models. Size: 7 x 3 x 8". & small