Lot 27
27
Two Chelsea lemon-tureens and two covers
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Two Chelsea lemon-tureens and two covers

CIRCA 1755, RED ANCHOR MARKS TO INTERIORS OF COVERS

Details
Two Chelsea lemon-tureens and two covers
Circa 1755, red anchor marks to interiors of covers
Naturalistcally modelled and coloured, each finial modelled as an unripe lemon on a leafy branch and enriched in green (one base with patch of staining to the interior and a firing crack, the other with a small patch of staining)
41/8 in. (10.5 cm.) wide (4)
Provenance
Anon., sale Sotheby's, 16th July 1982, lot 1.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

First Day's Sale of the Chelsea Factory, Monday, March 10, 1755:
'Lot 5: Three small figures of the Italian theatre, and 2 fine lemons for a toilet'.

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