A Proskau fayence small quail box and cover circa 1790

modelled as a roosting bird, the head forming the cover, P. mark in blue.

The cover has been in half and put back together with some associated small chips at the break point. The box is in generally good condition.
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A similar Proskau quail box and cover is illustrated by Herbert Kurz in Fayencen, Die Fayence- und Majolikasammlung des Landesmuseums für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, p. 172, cat. no. 241. Another example was sold at Sotheby's Florence, April 8, 1974, lot 23.