Poultry related ceramics, late 19th/20th century

comprising; two Staffordshire pottery hen tureens and covers; a French white glazed porcelain bird and eggs tureen and cover and a set of eight Mottahedeh small partridge tureens and covers (22)

One Staffordshire tureen has a starcrack to the cover and a shallow chip to the inner rim of the tureen. The white Staffordshire tureen has a shallow chip to the inner rim. The cover has a minor chip to the rim and a small chip to the beak. French tureen and cover- the tureen has been broken into four pieces and riveted. The cover with minor nicks to the encrusted decoration. Mottahedeh birds- one with chip to beak.Otherwise in good condition.
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Bruce Weber, Love, ‘Burning Spirit, A Play With 5 Characters; A Ghost: “Kick” Kennedy, A Grandmother: Duchess of Devonshire, A Mother: Stella Tennant, A Son: Marcel Lasnet, A Tailor: Nicolas Ghesquiére’, September 2010, four of the Mottahedeh partridges illustrated