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CIRCA 1756, INDISTINCT RED 4 MARK
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A Chelsea botanical plate of 'Hans Sloane' type
Circa 1756, indistinct red 4 mark
Painted with scattered insects including a butterfly and various beetles, a caterpillar crawling on a shooting bulb, other bulbs, a branch bearing fleshy-looking blue fruit, a spray of forget-me-nots and other flowers and foliage, within a shaped brown-line rim (broken through and restored)
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diam.
Circa 1756, indistinct red 4 mark
Painted with scattered insects including a butterfly and various beetles, a caterpillar crawling on a shooting bulb, other bulbs, a branch bearing fleshy-looking blue fruit, a spray of forget-me-nots and other flowers and foliage, within a shaped brown-line rim (broken through and restored)
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diam.
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