A PAIR OF CHELSEA PORCELAIN PUCE-GROUND DESSERT PLATES AND CHOCOLATE CUPS AND COVERS

CIRCA 1755-65, GOLD ANCHOR MARKS

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A PAIR OF CHELSEA PORCELAIN PUCE-GROUND DESSERT PLATES AND CHOCOLATE CUPS AND COVERS
CIRCA 1755-65, GOLD ANCHOR MARKS
Each plate with three 'Disheveled Birds' cartouches at the rim; each scale-patterned cup and cover painted with birds on vine
8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm.) diameter, the plates

Provenance

Bequest of John L. Cadwalader, 1914.

Exhibited

Greenwich, CT, The Bruce Museum, A Taste for Chocolate, 21 July 2007 - 24 February 2008 (one cup and cover).

Lot Essay

For a similar example of the plates see F. Severne MacKenna, Chelsea Porcelain: The Gold Anchor Wares, Leigh-on-Sea, U.K., 1952, pl. 13.

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