TWO CHELSEA WHITE CRAYFISH SALTS after the silver-gilt models by Nicholas Sprimont, the crayfish with one claw resting on a shell-moulded dish, among coral and shells, the rockwork bases applied with seaweed and further shells (one with three chips to base, the other with a chip to base, both with some claws lacking and minor chips), incised triangle marks, 1745-49

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TWO CHELSEA WHITE CRAYFISH SALTS after the silver-gilt models by Nicholas Sprimont, the crayfish with one claw resting on a shell-moulded dish, among coral and shells, the rockwork bases applied with seaweed and further shells (one with three chips to base, the other with a chip to base, both with some claws lacking and minor chips), incised triangle marks, 1745-49
11cm. wide (2)

Provenance

Frank Hurlbutt
F.S. Mackenna, sale Sotheby's, 12 March 1957, lot 149
Selwyn Parkinson, sale Sotheby's, 11 October 1966, lot 226
Anon. American Collector, sale Christie's, 5 June 1978, lot 133

Literature

F.S. Mackenna, Chelsea Porcelain, The Triangle and Raised Anchor Wares, fig. 2

Lot Essay

Cf. the example from the Rous Lench Collection sold in these Rooms on 30 May 1990, lot 316 and the coloured example from the collection of Mr. and Mrs J. P. Raison sold on 20 October 1986, lot 135. See also John C. Austin, op. cit., nos. 7 and 8 where the models and the Sprimont silver prototypes are discussed

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