Lot 231
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A Chelsea leveret tureen and cover
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A Chelsea leveret tureen and cover

CIRCA 1755, RED ANCHOR MARK AND 294 TO COVER, 294 TO BASE

Details
A Chelsea leveret tureen and cover
Circa 1755, red anchor mark and 294 to cover, 294 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 left back foot white (chip to inside flange of cover, chip to top edge of left ear, slight crack to both ears near head, slight sanding to rim of cover)
4 in. (10 cm.) wide
Provenance
Anon., sold in these Rooms, 5 April 1983, lot 208.
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

Lot Essay

Cf. F.S Mackenna, Chelsea, The Red Anchor Wares (London, 1951), pl. 35, fig. 70. See also a similar example sold in these Rooms, 15 December 1975, lot 136. The 1755 Chelsea sale catalogue under the second day's sale, lot 18, refers to '... four rabbits for desart.'

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