拍品的狀況可能存在極大差異，而由於其性質使然，拍品難以處於完美無瑕的狀態。拍品均以拍賣時的狀況出售。

We have sought to record changes in the condition of these pieces acquired after the initial period manufacture.
- There are scratches and age-related surface wear to both of the birds and restoration to the gilding of both beaks.
- There is light restoration with associated overpainting and areas of infill encircling the bases.
- One crane has had its leg reattached and has been knocked to the tall feathers with the extremties slightly bent inwards.
- The underside of the bases are inscribed in black ink with partially legible writing, one with an inscription reading "pair ‘ESK 1129 and the other ‘1129 EST pie’.