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SPARROW BOX SLIP DECORATED EARTHENWARE DATED 1843 (c. 1843 London)

earthneware pottery slip glaze

8.50inch high (21.59 cm high)

Unrestored

This rather strange looking earthenware pot is actually a "Sparrow Box". It is dated 1843 in a faded ochre slip glaze. The simplicity of this piece understates it great rarity as very few of these items have survived. The sparrow box would be hung outside the house encouraging sparrows to nest and hatch their young. When hatched the fledglings would be taken from the nest and used as the main ingredient in a Sparrow Pie! I know! I am pleased to say that the good people of London no longer enjoy this delicacy. It is thought that the term "Cockney Sparrow" relates to this practise, which was very common in earlier and perhaps harder times in the working class areas of the city.

gbp 2850.00 (Pound Sterling)

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