Handpainted parakeet porcelain where is it from?

I bought this today and I hope im following the rules of the forum (im new on here), and I was wondering when and where this was made. The bottom has no legible markings. Im also wondering what it's worth is. Thank you

 

Hi Veronicaqui

I Can't see the base - is it solid, kind of soft and hefty? The airbrushing and silver look like chalkware...

 

It is best to show a picture of the bottom even if it isn't marked. We can tell a lot by the bottom (color of material, how it is finished, etc)

 

Heres the bottom

 

It does look like chalkware on the bottom, from what I can tell.

 

@Veronicaquii

Chalkware is fun, inexpensive decorative copies of "better" ceramics - you could pick it up at the five and dime stores, carnivals and tourist spots... the more "kitsch" the better - your parrot is a fun quality, the kind of thing that Tiki fans and 50s era enthusiasts would buy. Hope that helps

 

I don't think it's chalkware. It's slip cast and that's not common for chalkware. I don't know who did it. I have a Cardinal-shaped planter with the same sort of metallic finish and the same flat bisque bottom. Being a planter, it does not have the 'drainage' hole that yours has, but otherwise very similar. I think very likely from the same company. But I don't know who.

 

I honestly can't tell if it's chalkware - it's in terrific shape and really fun, either way

 

Welcome!
Please always use the full image button for all your photos.

 

Oh, I saw one of these online someplace awhile ago when I was searching for something else...it'll come to me after you figure it out probably. It's a bit like Karl Ens work, but his bases aren't oval, they usually look like branches.