Details
Each modeled with blue, manganese, and yellow feathers and resting on a grassy mound, formerly the covers of a pair of butter dishes
458 in. (11.7 cm.) long
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 5 June 1990, lot 234.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Brought to you by
Nathalie FerneauHead of Sale, Junior Specialist
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Lot Essay

A pair of similarly modeled and painted duck-form covers with butter dishes are in The Van der Vorm Collection, illustrated in B. Abraham and R.D. Aronson, Dutch Delftware, The Van der Vorm Collection, Amsterdam, 2010, pp. 10-11.

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