A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT FIGURAL BUTTERDISHES WITH COVERS, naturalistically modelled as hens, their plumage painted in manganese-red, their comb in red, both covering eggs and chicks, on shaped grassy flattened base outlined in yellow (some chips and repairs) one marked 6, the other 10, 18th Century

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A PAIR OF DUTCH DELFT FIGURAL BUTTERDISHES WITH COVERS, naturalistically modelled as hens, their plumage painted in manganese-red, their comb in red, both covering eggs and chicks, on shaped grassy flattened base outlined in yellow (some chips and repairs) one marked 6, the other 10, 18th Century
10 cm high

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