Lot Essay
Cf. Elizabeth Adams, Chelsea Porcelain (1987), col. pl. X for a similar example with a snail finial.
Details
A Chelsea melon box and cover
naturalistically formed, the finial formed as a flower and bud, painted in shades of yellow and green, red anchor mark to interior of cover, circa 1755 (a section of the cover broken and repaired, the finial with chips to flower and leaf, minor staining to the interior) -- 8cm. long
See colour plate 5
naturalistically formed, the finial formed as a flower and bud, painted in shades of yellow and green, red anchor mark to interior of cover, circa 1755 (a section of the cover broken and repaired, the finial with chips to flower and leaf, minor staining to the interior) -- 8cm. long
See colour plate 5