A rare and early Chelsea hexagonal teapot and cover c.1750-52

A rare and early Chelsea hexagonal teapot and cover c.1750-52, unusually decorated in famille rose enamels with colourful birds perched on flowering branches, the shoulder and cover's rim with flowerhead panels between cash diaper borders, some chipping to the spout, the cover possibly associated, 18cm. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Lady Kate Davson, née Kate Foster (1938-2020).

Cf. Elizabeth Adams, Chelsea Porcelain, p.61, pl.48 for a teapot of the same shape with Kakiemon decoration.