Parrot Whistle
DateDated 1991
Artist/Maker
James J. Nyeste
MediumEarthenware
DimensionsOH. 7 5/16"; OW. 3"; OL. 4 3/4". Diameter of base approximately 2 1/2"
Credit LineIn Memory of Jay Johnson
Object number1992.900.1
DescriptionSculptural figure of a parrot with conical base. The bird decorated with incised lines to indicate feathers and the base with incised circles and triangles. The whole covered with splotches of brown and green and the base with vertical squiggly lines of brown. The body of the parrot is hollow in places to allow the bird to be used as a whistle in imitation of 18th and 19th century English pottery examples.Exhibition(s)
ca. 1825
1745-1749
Possibly 1900-1930
1820-1830
1650-1675
June 30, 1814 (dated)
1740-1765
May, 1663