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Lot 85

A good Chelsea tureen and cover
circa 1758

14 April 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £6,000 inc. premium

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A 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)

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For a very similar tureen and cover, see Margaret Legge, Flowers and Fables (1984), pl 136

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