Buying the New Yorker 1976 - page 17

Edward Marshall Boehm was a sculptor who specialized in porcelain flowers and animals. For the curious, you can learn more here:

Early in 1953, President and Mrs. Eisenhower recognized the art and began to utilize it for gifts to visiting Heads of State, culminating in the sculpture "Prince Philip on His Polo Pony" presented to the Queen and Prince when they visited the United States in 1957. Every American President since has commissioned Boehm for gifts to visiting dignitaries.

in 1959, His Late Holiness Pope John XXIII was presented with several pieces for The Vatican Museum, including the sculpture "Cerulean Warblers with Wild Roses." On viewing it for the first time, he exclaimed, "One hesitates to go too close for fear the birds might fly away."

There you have it.

Interestingly, while there is a great deal of attention paid to Boehm's amazing skill, the fact that his death in 1969 seems to have had no impact on the output. One speculates that his actual innovation lies somewhere in the process.

In any event, if you were around in 1976, you could have stopped by Brielle China and picked up some nice little figurines or perhaps a commemorative plate. Today, I'm pretty sure they are out of business. I see a decent amount of Boehm on eBay though.