CIRCA 1760, GOLD ANCHOR MARKS, RED ANCHOR TO ONE

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EIGHTEEN CHELSEA PORCELAIN DESSERT-PLATES
CIRCA 1760, GOLD ANCHOR MARKS, RED ANCHOR TO ONE
Painted with loose bouquets of flowers and scattered flower-sprays, the borders with vignettes of birds in landscapes, within scroll-moulded rims, enriched in gilding
Approx. 9 in. (23 cm.) wide (18)

Provenance

Probably acquired by either Georgiana, Countess Spencer (1737-1814) or Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer, either for Spencer House, London or Althorp, Northamptonshire, and thence by descent.

Literature

W.B. Honey, Catalogue of the Porcelain and Pottery both Oriental and European in the Collection of Earl Spencer at Althorp, 1937, no. 830

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Lot Essay

A related service from Clonbrock House, Galway, was sold by Mr and Mrs Luke Dillon-Mahon, Christie's House sale, 2 November 1976, lots 756, 761 and 757. Another two plates were sold anonymously in these Rooms, 25 November 2003 lot 22. A similar plate from the collection of Mr. F. Brayshaw Gilhespy's collection is illustrated by F. Severne Mackenna, Chelsea Porcelain, The Gold Anchor Wares, Leigh-on-Sea, 1952, pl. 7, no. 12.

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