A stylised bird image above the word Kano appearing on the base of an oval brass platter. See details of the platter here
I have used the image in several places and this post provides some of the details of where the images can be found. The hope is that image scans will be bring viewers to this post.
AI has its say:
Google Lens already has some suggestions as to the source of the image. The Generative AI in Lens suggested the Appleyard Duck and I have added it to the title of this post. A screen shot (as of 31st March 2025) is shown below:
The Appleyard Duck
Reginald Appleyard bred the Silver Appleyard duck in the 1930s at Priory Waterfowl Farm near Ixworth in Suffolk – details from Silver Appleyard – Wikipedia. Reginald Appleyard was the son of Arthur Appleyard . My grandfather Stanley Appleyard – WikiTree and Arthur Appleyard- WikiTree were first cousins.
Reginald Appleyard was also the creator of the Ixworth chicken – Wikipedia.
AI isn’t perfect
The Appleyard duck reference is incorrect. There can be no Nigerian connection with the Appleyard Duck. However AI has, nonetheless, shown up shown up this unexpected connection between John Johnson and Stanley Appleyard – my two Grandfathers.
Back to the image in the wild:
The following are places where the stylised bird image may be found.
- Image is my contribution to the Southwark Playhouse Million Pound Wall
- Image left in a book by Bryony Lavery: last seen on the shelves at Southwark Playhouse Elephant
- London Belongs To Me also left by the bar at Southwark Playhouse
- William Boyd’s afternoon novel on the same shelves as of 6pm 12th April 2025
- Elizabeth Strout novel left on the bookshelf outside the Garden Museum – Lambeth 12th May 2025
Descriptions of the Kano stylised bird image locations are deliberately incomplete. Please record full details if you have come to this page through a scan of the image.