CIRCA 1750, RAISED ANCHOR MARKS AT BACK

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A pair of Chelsea groups of two sheep and two goats
Circa 1750, raised anchor marks at back
After Meissen originals, naturally modelled recumbent to left and right, the sheep's fleeces with brown patches and the goats with brown hair to the centre of their backs, on oval bases applied with coloured flowers and foliage (one sheep cracked through the body and horns, the goats with ears and horns restored and slight chipping to foliage)
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) wide (2)

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Lot Essay

Cf. the closely similar pair sold in these Rooms, 10 October 1988, lot 282; see also John C. Austin, Chelsea Porcelain at Williamsburg (Williamsburg, 1977) pl.112, where a white example of the goat group is illustrated. A coloured group of the two goats was sold in these Rooms, 20 December 1982, lot 103.

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