A rare Chelsea leaf-shaped bowl or large sauceboat c.1753

A rare Chelsea leaf-shaped bowl or large sauceboat c.1753, painted to the interior and exterior with Kakiemon flower sprays, the base with four feet around which moulded strawberry stalks intertwine, the handle formed as a further fruiting strawberry stalk, restoration, 19.5cm across.

Cf. Margaret Legge, Flowers and Fables: A Survey of Chelsea Porcelain 1745-69, p.34, no. 49 for a similar example.