Unlike other glass dishes, "hen on nest" dishes are referred to by many names, including "chicken in the basket," "animal dish" and "trinket box." The term "hen on a nest" was first used by ...

If you grew up in the Ohio Valley glass belt you probably had an example of a Hen on Nest covered dish displayed somewhere in the household, particularly during the Easter holiday. It was a common ...

Ping Ping, a tiny Silver-laced Banty hen, came to us as an immigrant, with her friend, Ming Ming, a Silver-laced giant of a hen. The two hens are the smallest and the largest of all the hens in our ...