AFTERNOON SESSION -- 2.00 p.m.
A pair of Chelsea claret-ground plates, each painted with a central roundel of fruit and flowers, the border and fluted well with three shaped panels painted with loose sprays of flowers, the borders gilt with scrolls and flowers, below a feathered edge enriched in turquoise (one with chips to foot rim, some over painting and re-gilding to ground, some minute chips and frits), painted gold anchor marks, circa 1765 -- 9in. diam.
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A pair of Chelsea claret-ground plates, each painted with a central roundel of fruit and flowers, the border and fluted well with three shaped panels painted with loose sprays of flowers, the borders gilt with scrolls and flowers, below a feathered edge enriched in turquoise (one with chips to foot rim, some over painting and re-gilding to ground, some minute chips and frits), painted gold anchor marks, circa 1765 -- 9in. diam.
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