A Chelsea Hans Sloane leaf dish, c.1755, painted with a fruiting spray of a fig tree and two ripe

A Chelsea Hans Sloane leaf dish, c.1755, painted with a fruiting spray of a fig tree and two ripe figs within a brown line rim, the underside moulded with a twig foot painted with leaves and a large caterpillar, restored rim cracks, 23cm.

Provenance: Rod Jellicoe.

Cf. Sally Kevill-Davies, Sir Hans Sloane’s Plants on Chelsea Porcelain, pp.122-125 for a number of contemporary engravings and other Chelsea examples bearing fig decoration.