Lot Essay
Cf. a vase and two beakers with similar decoration, sold in these Rooms, 11 October 1993, lots 34-36.
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CIRCA 1760, GOLD ANCHOR MARKS
Details
A pair of Chelsea mazarine-blue-ground two-handled vases
Circa 1760, gold anchor marks
Of flared beaker form with elaborately pierced handles, on short stems and fixed cylindrical plinths with scroll-moulded upper rims, richly gilt with exotic birds among foliage, the plinths gilt with ribbon-tied flower swags (each vase with restoration to one handle, one vase restored through stem)
7½ in. (19 cm.) high (2)
Circa 1760, gold anchor marks
Of flared beaker form with elaborately pierced handles, on short stems and fixed cylindrical plinths with scroll-moulded upper rims, richly gilt with exotic birds among foliage, the plinths gilt with ribbon-tied flower swags (each vase with restoration to one handle, one vase restored through stem)
7½ in. (19 cm.) high (2)
Special notice
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