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CIRCA 1755, IRON-RED ANCHOR MARK TO EACH
Details
SIX CHELSEA BOTANICAL PLATES
Circa 1755, iron-red anchor mark to each
En suite with the preceding lot, one painted with a tulip-tree branch and a pink flower, one with a blue flower and an acorn husk, one with poppies, three with leaves of the broadleaf-oak variety, all with scattered butterflies, moths and smaller insects, within shaped brown line rims
8.1/8in. (20.2cm.) diameter, the flowers; 8in. (22.2cm.) diameter, the leaves (6)
Circa 1755, iron-red anchor mark to each
En suite with the preceding lot, one painted with a tulip-tree branch and a pink flower, one with a blue flower and an acorn husk, one with poppies, three with leaves of the broadleaf-oak variety, all with scattered butterflies, moths and smaller insects, within shaped brown line rims
8.1/8in. (20.2cm.) diameter, the flowers; 8in. (22.2cm.) diameter, the leaves (6)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 14 March 1959, lot 15 (the plate with poppies)
Private Collection, New York City, circa 1968
Private Collection, New York City, circa 1968