Rectangular enameled plaque with a colored image showing a king-fisher on the left, two ducks on the right near a pond, and a building between them in the distance, similar to one belonging to Horace Walpole., "A king-fisher and ducks, of the Battersea enamel: it was a manufacture, stamped with a copper plate, supported by Alderman Jansen, but failed"--From the 1774 Description. Formerly located in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., Title and date from dealer's catalog., Gilt bronze mount., Painted after Robert Hancock., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
