A DUTCH DELFT POLYCHROME OVAL PELICAN BUTTER DISH AND COVER, (Christian Charity) naturalistically modelled in relief, the cover applied with a broadwinged pelican feeding its three small ones with its blood, on green plinth, the light blue ground butter dish decorated with a continuous floral branch (some chips), marked for Anthony Pennis, de twee scheepjes, 18th Century

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A DUTCH DELFT POLYCHROME OVAL PELICAN BUTTER DISH AND COVER, (Christian Charity) naturalistically modelled in relief, the cover applied with a broadwinged pelican feeding its three small ones with its blood, on green plinth, the light blue ground butter dish decorated with a continuous floral branch (some chips), marked for Anthony Pennis, de twee scheepjes, 18th Century
13.5 cm high

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