FAIENCE FERRIERE LA PETITE HEN TUREEN ON INTERGRATED STAND
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Property from the Estate of Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy, Dowager Countess of Airlie | Wed 3rd Sept at 10am | Lots 45 to 170
Description
naturalistically modelled with head resting on its wing, the comb and wattle enamelled in puce, feathers picked out in puce, yellow and black, the mother hen nestled over seven chicks and two eggs, with scattered moulded bird seed on the ground, the stand with a moulded rim and green feuille de choux border, unmarked
Dimensions
40cm wide, 29cm high
Provenance
Property from the Estate of Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy, Dowager Countess of Airlie
Footnote
For a similar example see Christie's London, 9th July 2001, lot 131