CIRCA 1755, RED ANCHOR MARK AND INSCRIBED 154 TO COVER, INSCRIBED 154 TO BASE

Details

A Chelsea leveret tureen and cover
Circa 1755, red anchor mark and inscribed 154 to cover, inscribed 154 to base
Naturally modelled crouching to the left with pink-lined ears and black and yellow eyes, grey nose and brown whiskers, its white coat with brown patches, with brown feet with brown claws, its right foot white
4 in. (10 cm.) wide

Provenance

Perhaps S. Levin, sale in these Rooms, 18 November 1974, lot 189.
Anon., sale in these Rooms, 21 April 1980, lot 74.
Bought from Winifred Williams, London, October 1980.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Sale room notice

There is overpainting to the cover of the tureen, which is not mentioned in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

Cf. F.S Mackenna, Chelsea, The Red Anchor Wares (London, 1951), pl. 35, fig. 70.

The 1755 Chelsea sale catalogue under the second day's sale, lot 18 refers to '... four rabbits for desart.'

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