CIRCA 1755, IRON-RED ANCHOR MARKS

Details

A PAIR OF CHELSEA PORCELAIN FIGURES OF A FALCONER AND COMPANION
CIRCA 1755, IRON-RED ANCHOR MARKS
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964.

Literature

C. Louise Avery, Masterpieces of European Porcelain, New York, 1949, no. 55.
Y. Hackenbroch, Chelsea and Other English Porcelain Pottery and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, Cambridge, MA, 1957, pl. 24, fig. 32.
Y. Hackenbroch, "Meissen Originals and 18th Century Copies in the Collection of Irwin Untermyer," The Connoisseur, March 1956, p. 153, fig. 15.

Exhibited

New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Masterpieces of European Porcelain, 1949.

Lot Essay

In William Duesbury's London Account Book, 1751-53, on 5 October 1751, mentioned as "A pr of Faulkenors."
In the Chelsea Sale Catalogue, 13 March 1755, lot 82, mentioned as "Two beautiful figures of a gentleman and a lady in HUNTING dresses."

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