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Cf. John C. Austin, op. cit., p. 20, no. 3 (Kaufman Collection) and for the example in the British Museum se R.L. Hobson, Catalogue, p. 30, fig. 21 II 12; also F. Severne Mackenna, Chelsea Porcelain, The Triangle and Raised Anchor Wares, pl. 5, no. 12, G. Savage, 18th Century English Porcelain, pl. 4b and Frank Tilley, Teapots and Tea, pl. XV, no. 55. Another example is in the Katz Collection, Boston Museum of Fine Arts. These examples, together with the tea-jars modelled in the form of a seated Chinaman, all show the characteristic pitting and fire cracks of the earliest experimental Chelsea wares

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