A CHELSEA PIERCED D-SHAPED BOUGH-POT of fluted flared form painted with a loose bouquet and moulded with a raised central band painted in pale-yellow and blue, the back with a leaf, the top pierced and the back pierced for hanging, with chocolate brown line rim (crack to top extending to one side), red anchor and 8 mark, circa 1756 | Christie's

Lot 28

A CHELSEA PIERCED D-SHAPED BOUGH-POT of fluted flared form painted with a loose bouquet and moulded with a raised central band painted in pale-yellow and blue, the back with a leaf, the top pierced and the back pierced for hanging, with chocolate brown line rim (crack to top extending to one side), red anchor and 8 mark, circa 1756

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A CHELSEA PIERCED D-SHAPED BOUGH-POT of fluted flared form painted with a loose bouquet and moulded with a raised central band painted in pale-yellow and blue, the back with a leaf, the top pierced and the back pierced for hanging, with chocolate brown line rim (crack to top extending to one side), red anchor and 8 mark, circa 1756
18.5cm. wide

Lot Essay

Cf. F.Severne Mackenna, Chelsea Porcelain, The Red Anchor Wares, pl.13, no. 26 and the examples sold in these Rooms on 3 June 1985, lot 68 and 12 February 1990, lot 60

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