- Titles Yellow Throat (Geothlypis trichas) & Water Hyacinth (Proper)@Bird with Water Hyacinth (Alternate)
- Artist Dorothy Doughty, British, born San Remo, Italy, 1892 - died 1962@Royal Worcester, England, Worcestershire, est. 1862
- Medium Bone china with enamel decoration
- Dimensions 11 3/4 × 8 15/16 × 6 7/8 in. (29.8 × 22.7 × 17.4 cm)
- Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Arthur Chenoweth, 1979.80.1
- Work Type figure
- Classification Sculpture
- Signature See inscription
- Marks See inscription
- Inscription Bottom of base, written: 1979.80a / 6A Bottom of base, stamped: Yellow Throat Geothlypis Trichas / & Water Hyacinth / [Royal Worcester factory mark, c. 1956 onward] [Dorothy Doughty mark] / by / [D. Doughty signature] Bottom of base, side, written: 1545 A 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, October 26, 1979
1. Dorothy Doughty initially designed this figure as part of her American Birds series and was issued in 1958 as a limited edition of 350.