TWO CHELSEA PORCELAIN MAZARINE-BLUE GROUND TEACUPS AND A CHELSEA FLOWER-ENCRUSTED FRILL VASE
TWO CHELSEA PORCELAIN MAZARINE-BLUE GROUND TEACUPS AND A CHELSEA FLOWER-ENCRUSTED FRILL VASE

CIRCA 1765, GOLD ANCHOR MARKS

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TWO CHELSEA PORCELAIN MAZARINE-BLUE GROUND TEACUPS AND A CHELSEA FLOWER-ENCRUSTED FRILL VASE
CIRCA 1765, GOLD ANCHOR MARKS
Each cup painted with putti at leisure in a landscape, reserved within a gilt cartouche, and further delicate insects; the pierced rocaille frill vase gilt with fantasy birds among stylized flowers
8 ¼ in. (20.5 cm.) high, the vase
Provenance
Bequest of John L. Cadwalader, 1914.

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