Royal Worcester coddler vintage large double egg pipkin, decorated with three adorable birds at feeding time, two finches on one side with a worm and a wren catching a dragonfly on the opposite side. The "Birds" pattern was first introduced in the 1970s, it was discontinued in 2002. Manufactured by Royal Worcester in England, this coddler is made of fireproof hard porcelain. The silver metal lid screws on, the metal ring attached to the top of the lid is used to place and remove the coddler from a pot of water, it should not be used to tighten the lid. This King Size was designed to prepare two eggs. It measures 4" from the base to the top of the lifting ring. With the lid off, the coddler body stands 3¼" tall. It is approximately 2½" in diameter. This is a Type 7, the screw threads are finer-pitched. Marked on the bottom with a backstamp that consists of the word ROYAL above the word WORCESTER above the word ENGLAND with no other lines or symbols.