Two English Majolica cockerel teapots and covers, probably George Jones, circa 1875

both naturalistically modelled, their tail feathers forming a handle and their open beaks the spout, richly glazed in brown, black and yellow on grassy mound bases, incised X mark to underside of both,

Newbattle Abbey, Midlothian, Inventory, 1901, p.23, in the School Room; ‘2 china boxes in form of hens'

Both have some some losses to tips of beak, one cover with a chip, otherwise in generally good condition.
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For the model see M. G. Karmason and J. B. Stacke, Majolica: A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 2002, p. 93.