Bird Fountain

Dateca. 1780

MediumGlass

DimensionsOH: 7 1/2" OD: 4 3/4" , 2 3/4" (base)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1968-44

DescriptionBird Fountain: tapering, pear-shaped bird drinking fountain of clear, blown glass with push up to base; bulbous body tapering up to narrow, wrapped collar which supports ball shaped green finial; essentially rectangular trough with open top edge bordered in green protrudes from the lower side of the bottle; the container was filled with water or seed and the hopper or trough would have been pushed through the bars of a bird cage.
ProvenanceSource: James Craig, 318 North Boundary Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604