The condition of lots can vary widely and the nature of the lots sold means that they are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. Lots are sold in the condition they are in at the time of sale.

Overall presentable condition and with minor wear; the vases and covers overall with the expected small nicks, chips and losses to the applied decoration; each with scattered small restorations to the leaves, vines and mayflowers; one vase with a firing crack to its base extending the length of its body into a repaired crack, with a few networks of hairlines to the interior, a glaze line to the interior at the base of its neck; the same vase with the bullfinch lacking its beak; each with restoration to the tail feathers and wing tips of the bullfinch and parrots; each parrot with its tail likely off and restuck; one cover with staple repairs and overall restoration; each vase made in two sections and secured to its socle with a threaded pin, each slightly loose but easily secured.

Approx. 15³⁄₄ in. wide