A RARE AND EARLY CHELSEA TEAPOT AND A MATCHED COVER

A RARE AND EARLY CHELSEA TEAPOT AND A MATCHED COVER

C.1750-52

of hexagonal form, 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 (2)

18cm

Provenance

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

Catalogue Note

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