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CIRCA 1755, IRON-RED ANCHOR MARK TO EACH
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FOUR CHELSEA BOTANICAL PLATES
Circa 1755, iron-red anchor mark to each
Each of Hans Sloane type, two painted with specimen flowers, lilies and borage, two with leaves of the broadleaf-oak variety, each also with moths and other insects, within shaped brown line rims
8.1/8in. (20.6cm.) diameter, the flowers; 8.5/8in. (22cm.) diameter, the leaves (4)
Circa 1755, iron-red anchor mark to each
Each of Hans Sloane type, two painted with specimen flowers, lilies and borage, two with leaves of the broadleaf-oak variety, each also with moths and other insects, within shaped brown line rims
8.1/8in. (20.6cm.) diameter, the flowers; 8.5/8in. (22cm.) diameter, the leaves (4)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 14 March 1959, lot 15 (the plate with the yellow star-shaped flowers)
Private Collection, New York City, circa 1968
Private Collection, New York City, circa 1968