CIRCA 1765, PATCH MARKS

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A PAIR OF CHELSEA-DERBY RETICULATED EEL-TRAP VASES EMBLEMATIC OF 'WATER'
Circa 1765, patch marks
Each modeled as an oviform eel basket resting on sloped rocky ground, the everted mouth and angled shoulder pierced, bullrushes extending up the sides into handles, pairs of ducks with purple, iron-red and grey plummage applied at the base
8 5/8 in. (21.8 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The present vases were inspired by a Meissen model, part of a set of four 'Elements' vases produced in two sizes. See F. Severne McKenna, Chelsea Porcelain, The Gold Anchor Wares, 1952, plate 22, fig. 41; Elizabeth Adams, Chelsea Porcelain, London, 1987, p. 114, fig. 94; and Property from the Collection of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 5 May 1984, lots 94 and 95 for somewhat earlier Chelsea examples. Also see Dr. Karl Berling, Das Meissener Porzellan, illus. opposite p. 108 for a set of Meissen baskets emblematic of the four Elements.

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