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Lot 161

A very rare Chelsea blue and white coffee cup, circa 1756-58

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A very rare Chelsea blue and white coffee cup, circa 1756-58

In Meissen style, of bell shape with a simple thin loop handle flattened on the inside, painted in underglaze blue with a flower spray and scattered sprigs including a variegated tulip, 6.3cm high, anchor mark in blue, footrim with three spur marks (fine crack)

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Provenance:
Garrick Bond Collection

Chelsea aimed its productions at the London market, copying Meissen and Sèvres rather than oriental blue and white. As a result blue and white Chelsea is exceptionally rare. In this case the Chelsea factory have directly copied a Meissen original, at a time when Worcester also copied Meissen blue flower-painted teawares. An identical cup shape occurs in Chelsea with European flowers in colours and also with a Kakiemon-type pattern which was copied directly from Meissen (an example is in the Victoria and Albert Museum). Although indistinct, the placing of the anchor mark on the inside of the footrim is typical of Chelsea at this period, as are the stilt marks used to prevent the footrim sticking in the kiln as a result of the glassy glaze. Chelsea's body did not suit underglaze painting and the blue is thus poorly controlled. No other similar piece is recorded

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