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A PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE MODELS OF CHICKENS
CIRCA 1790
Modelled as a rooster and a hen, with blue sponged plumage and ochre, yellow, blue, green and brown tail and wing feathers, standing on grassy mound bases (rooster broken in half and restuck, legs and base restored; hen restuck to base, one leg restored, chips to beak and base)--8¾in. (22.2cm.) high, the rooster; 8in. (20.2cm.) high, the hen (2)
CIRCA 1790
Modelled as a rooster and a hen, with blue sponged plumage and ochre, yellow, blue, green and brown tail and wing feathers, standing on grassy mound bases (rooster broken in half and restuck, legs and base restored; hen restuck to base, one leg restored, chips to beak and base)--8¾in. (22.2cm.) high, the rooster; 8in. (20.2cm.) high, the hen (2)