- Titles Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) & Flame Vine (Descriptive)
- Artist Dorothy Doughty, British, born San Remo, Italy, 1892 - died 1962
- Medium Bone china with enamel decoration
- Dimensions 10 9/16 × 6 5/16 × 6 9/16 in. (26.9 × 16.1 × 16.6 cm)
- Credit Line Gift of Anne W. Lundbeck, 1980.253.1
- Work Type figure
- Classification Sculpture
- Signature See inscription
- Marks See inscription
- Inscription Bottom of base, side, stamped: [Royal Worcester factory mark, c. 1956-1959] / Phoebe Sayornis Phoebe / & Flame Vine / by / [D. Doughty signature] / [Dorothy Doughty mark] Bottom of base, written: 2. / 1980.253A Side of base, front: [gold dot] Side of base, back: W [gold]
- Provenance Designed for Royal Worcester Porcelain Company Ltd., by Dorothy Doughty (1892-1962), 1955, fabricated by Royal Worcester Porcelain Company Ltd., 1958 [see note 1]; Anne W. Lundbeck; her gift to the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, June 27, 1980
1. Dorothy Doughty designed this figure as part of her American Birds series in 1955 and it was later issued in 1958 as a limited edition of 500.