Lot 32
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A CHELSEA LEAF-SHAPED DISH

Details
A CHELSEA LEAF-SHAPED DISH
CIRCA 1760, RED ANCHOR MARK

Moulded as a cabbage leaf with stem handle, the ruffled edge enriched in bright green shading to chartreuse, with puce veins, the center painted with a loose bouquet, rim nibbled
9in. (22.8cm.) long

Lot Essay

Cf. John C. Austin, Chelsea Porcelain at Williamsburg, Colonial Williamsburg, 1977, cat. no. 87 for a pair of similarly shaped cabbage leaf dishes used as stands for partridge tureens

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