Lot Essay
Cf. the example from the Rous Lench Collection sold in these Rooms on 30 May 1990, lot 321
Details
A CHELSEA COLOURED GOAT AND BEE JUG of baluster form, the lower part modelled as two recumbent goats, the upper part moulded in relief with a spray of brightly coloured flowers applied with a bee and painted with a butterfly and ladybirds in flight, the branch handle applied with oak leaves (some chipping to oak leaves, chip to lip, bruise and two slight haircracks to rim), incised triangle mark, 1745-49
11.5cm. high
11.5cm. high
Provenance
Mrs. M.B. Sargeant
Dr. F. Severne Mackenna, sale Sotheby's, 12 March 1957, lot 156
Selwyn Parkinson, sale Sotheby's, 21 June 1966, lot 113
Anon. American Collection, sale Christie's, 5 June 1978, lot 132
Dr. F. Severne Mackenna, sale Sotheby's, 12 March 1957, lot 156
Selwyn Parkinson, sale Sotheby's, 21 June 1966, lot 113
Anon. American Collection, sale Christie's, 5 June 1978, lot 132
Literature
F. Severne Mackenna (1948), op. cit., pl. 6, fig. 14
Margaret Legge, Flowers and Fables, A Survey of Chelsea Porcelain 1745-1769, p. 25, no. 3
Margaret Legge, Flowers and Fables, A Survey of Chelsea Porcelain 1745-1769, p. 25, no. 3
Exhibited
Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, 1947
Loan Exhibition of Chelsea China, Royal Hospital Chelsea, 1951, no. 12
Flowers and Fables, no. 3
Loan Exhibition of Chelsea China, Royal Hospital Chelsea, 1951, no. 12
Flowers and Fables, no. 3