Two Dutch Delft polychrome jugs with hinged covers, circa 1730

by Lambertus van Eenhoorn, both of moulded fluted form, the larger with a Delft cover, the smaller with a pewter cover, painted in the 'cashmire' palette with birds amongst flowering prunus branches with formal foliate borders at the rims, LVE mark for Lambertus van Eenhoorn in underglaze-blue, some restoration,

The smaller jug has a restored crack to the body and restoration to the lower terminal of the handle with some glaze loss at the rims. The larger jug has a chip to the rim with a resulting hairline crack. There is a chip to the rim near the spout and a chip to the cover.
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