COVERED TERRACE IN THE SHAPE OF A CHICKEN ON AN OVAL TOP IN FERRIÈRE-LA-PETITE FAIENCE FROM THE 19th CENTURY Polychrome decoration, the tray decorated with seven chicks and two eggs, blue combed on the edge; small chip on the edge of the lid. H.:27 cm (10 ½ in.) L.:35 cm (13 ¾ in.) Provenance: Edmond Borthon Collection (1825-1890). Bibliography : Catalog des Tableaux & Objets d'Art de la Collection E. Borthon Collection, Dijon, Imprimerie Darantiere, MDCCCXC, no. 134. A Ferriere-la-Petite earthenware covered hen-shaped terrine and tray, 19th century A similar example is in the Musée de Reims (inv. 892.4.239).

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