Staffordshire french hen & chicks tureen

Victorian, circa 1860. 6.5ins high, 6.7ins wide, 5.1ins depth. Staffordshire tureen with cover which features a hen with her seven chicks,
resting directly on the ground, no base.



Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front and reverse.















Book reference not found.

Condition

CONDITION: Cover: Good.

KILN EFFECTS: glaze pops to her back;





over glazed chip to the flange.



RESTORATION: Retouched paint losses to hen's feathers













and chick's beak.



Base: Good.

Paint loss to beaks.











KILN EFFECTS: glaze pops to the interior;



over glazed shrinkage lines to the wing and to three of the chicks necks.









RESTORATION: Retouched paint loss to hen's feathers.









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