A CHELSEA 'HANS SLOANE' BOTANICAL PLATE

CIRCA 1755, RED ANCHOR AND 4 MARK

Details

A CHELSEA 'HANS SLOANE' BOTANICAL PLATE
CIRCA 1755, RED ANCHOR AND 4 MARK
Painted with a spray of bugloss and Chinese Lantern, a butterfly, moth, scattered flowersprays and insects within a shaped brown line rim (rim chipping)
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) wide

Provenance

The Collection of Monsieur Paul Wallraf; sale Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 4 December 1933, lot 36 (part).

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Lot Essay

It is interesting to note that the same print sources have been used and placed in a similar fashion on both lots 545 and 547. Such close comparables are unusual and rarely seen on Chelsea botanical porcelain.

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