A pair of polychrome Dutch Delft 'swan' butter tubs and covers, 18th C.

L.: 13,5 cm - H.: 13 cm 

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The green-ground swan tub and cover both in very good condition with a few small superficial rim chips.
- The blue-ground swan tub with a restored break across. The cover with a restored break to the neck. The repairs executed to very high standard and invisible to the naked eye, but showing up under UV-light.

Each tub marked with an axe on the base, for the 'De Porceleyne Byl' workshop, Delft.
The tub inscribed Zwaan above a numeral 5 and 6 on the inside, the cover inscribed with the numerals 5 and 6.