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Painted chalkware rooster on stepped base. Wings and feathers painted yellow-gold and red. Eyes and beak painted black. Red comb and wattle. Brown base.
figurines
casting (process)
gypsum
painting (coating)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
red jungle fowl
Gypsum
Slip Cast
Painted
Rooster
FIGURINE, BIRD
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
5 1/5 x 2 5/8 x 2 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.622
Pennsylvania (United States)
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