23 Apr 2008
10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street
Fine British Pottery, Porcelain and Enamels
Back to auction 15953
Fine British Pottery, Porcelain and Enamels
Back to auction 15953
A Chelsea triple scent bottle
circa 1755
Modelled as a hen and three chicks perched on a log, the heads of the three larger birds mounted in gilt metal to form the stoppers, the smallest chick pecking the ground, all carefully coloured, set on a domed base painted with grass, the underside with a gilt rose spray, dentil gilding around the rim, 7.6cm high (base restored, minor chips and wear to gilding)
Modelled as a hen and three chicks perched on a log, the heads of the three larger birds mounted in gilt metal to form the stoppers, the smallest chick pecking the ground, all carefully coloured, set on a domed base painted with grass, the underside with a gilt rose spray, dentil gilding around the rim, 7.6cm high (base restored, minor chips and wear to gilding)
Sold for
£1,680
inc. premium
Footnotes
- For this model, see G.E. Bryant, The Chelsea Porcelain Toys (1925), plate 3 no 4
Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics
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