ASSORTED FIGURAL HEN / ROOSTER NOVELTY COVERED ARTICLES, LOT OF SEVEN, opaque white/milk glass, including a blue-stained Hen/Rooster on basketweave base, a paint-decorated Hen/Rooster on ribbed base, a Tall Covered Rooster, and a small Hen on basketweave base with internal divider. Late 19th/first half 20th century. 2" to 8 3/4" HOA.
Divided base example with minor chip to beak and comb, Tall Covered Rooster with a shallow chip to one side of comb, one undescribed Hen with a few shallow flakes to cover edge, remainder undamaged, with irregularities as made.
Literature: Covers for Hen/Rooster examples parallel Belknap - Milk Glass, p. 163, lower right, and bases parallel ibid, p. 163 lower left and lower right.
Provenance: From the collection of the late James S. Wilkins of Waxahachie, TX.

Divided base example with minor chip to beak and comb, Tall Covered Rooster with a shallow chip to one side of comb, one undescribed Hen with a few shallow flakes to cover edge, remainder undamaged, with irregularities as made.