Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 24th February 2015
Lot 97
A Chelsea leaf dish c.1754-56
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £150
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Description
A Chelsea leaf dish c.1754-56, modelled as a large cos lettuce leaf with puce veining and green enamelled edges, painted with a spray of rose and tulip with other single blooms, red anchor mark, some faults, 27cm.
An old paper label to the reverse, hand-written with 'Early red anchor, bought about 1905. This cost me 50 shillings'.
Provenance: from a private collection in Surrey.