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Lot 85
A good Chelsea tureen and cover circa 1758
14 April 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £6,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA good Chelsea tureen and cover
circa 1758
Of shallow circular form with scrolled handles in Vincennes style, painted in colours with groups of brightly-coloured birds in lightly wooded landscapes, the interior with floral sprays and sprigs, the domed cover with a knop formed from a floral spray tied with a pink ribbon, a boldly modelled rose at its centre, surrounded by birds in flight, including a duck with a fruiting cherry branch in its beak, 26.5cm wide, red anchor mark (tureen with slight crazing, minor losses to knop) (2)
Of shallow circular form with scrolled handles in Vincennes style, painted in colours with groups of brightly-coloured birds in lightly wooded landscapes, the interior with floral sprays and sprigs, the domed cover with a knop formed from a floral spray tied with a pink ribbon, a boldly modelled rose at its centre, surrounded by birds in flight, including a duck with a fruiting cherry branch in its beak, 26.5cm wide, red anchor mark (tureen with slight crazing, minor losses to knop) (2)
Footnotes
For a very similar tureen and cover, see Margaret Legge, Flowers and Fables (1984), pl 136
