By Stuart Devlin

By Stuart Devlin, a modern silver-gilt surprise Christmas present, Three French Hens,

London 1972, number 80 of an edition of 100,

from the series The Twelve Years of Christmas, rectangular form, the tapering hinged cover with pierced textured scroll decoration, and with a silver ribbon, the interior with three hens sitting on nests with the enamelled colours of the French Tricolor, in a fitted case, length 11cm, approx. weight 13oz.