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An early Chelsea beaker circa 1748-50 image 1
An early Chelsea beaker circa 1748-50 image 2
Lot 96

8 June 2005, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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An early Chelsea beaker

circa 1748-50
of tall fluted shape, lobed at the rim, delicately painted with mixed flower sprays and insects including a bee and a ladybird, some of the insects with their shadows painted in early Meissen style, 7cm high (minor rim chips and wear to enamels)

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For a similar early beaker, see Simon Spero, 2002 exhibition catalogue, no. 5, p. 10. Spero comments on the style of painting having strong similarities with pieces made at the St. James' 'Girl-in-a-Swing' manufactory and suggests that Charles Gouyn, after leaving Chelsea, may have acted as an independent decorator prior to starting up on his own at St. James'. See also a 'Girl in a Swing' jug with similar flowers and insects sold in the Rous Lench sale, Christies, 30th May 1990, lot 356.

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