Lot Essay
Cf. F. Severne Mackenna, op. cit. (London, 1951), pl. 17, no. 33.
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CIRCA 1755, RED ANCHOR MARKS
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Two Chelsea strawberry-leaf moulded sauceboats and two silver-shaped oval stands
Circa 1755, red anchor marks
The sauceboats each of conventional leaf-shaped form, the branch handle with strawberry flower and fruit terminals, painted with scattered bouquets and flower-sprays beneath a brown-line rim, on four strawberry-leaf moulded feet, with trailing fruit and flowers (one with two cracks from rim near handle, and with minute chip to lip; the other with three small chips to lip) 7½ in. (19 cm.) long; the dishes painted with scattered butterflies and insects, and with shell-moulded thumbpieces and brown-line rims (rims chipped) about 9¾ in. (25 cm.) long (4)
Circa 1755, red anchor marks
The sauceboats each of conventional leaf-shaped form, the branch handle with strawberry flower and fruit terminals, painted with scattered bouquets and flower-sprays beneath a brown-line rim, on four strawberry-leaf moulded feet, with trailing fruit and flowers (one with two cracks from rim near handle, and with minute chip to lip; the other with three small chips to lip) 7½ in. (19 cm.) long; the dishes painted with scattered butterflies and insects, and with shell-moulded thumbpieces and brown-line rims (rims chipped) about 9¾ in. (25 cm.) long (4)
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