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A CHELSEA-DERBY PLATE
CIRCA 1775, ENTWINED ANCHOR AND D MARK IN GOLD
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A CHELSEA-DERBY PLATE
CIRCA 1775, ENTWINED ANCHOR AND D MARK IN GOLD
Painted in the verte Imari palette and gilt with a two-handled jardinière issuing flowers, on a terrace within a concentric circle cartouche, the fluted border with flowers issuing from stylised rockwork, the underside with underglaze-blue sprigs (minor glaze flaking to rim)
8¾ in. (22.4 cm.) diam.
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Lot Essay
Cf. William King, Chelsea Porcelain (London, 1922), pl. 66, fig. 2