Bird Fountain

Date1760-1800

MediumGlass

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

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.