English & European Ceramics & Glass - 15th December 2020
Lot 510
A rare Chelsea sunflower bowl or tureen and cover c.1755
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £800
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Description
A rare Chelsea sunflower bowl or tureen and cover c.1755, naturalistically modelled, the small pot with a wide rim of yellow petals above sides moulded with green sepals, the cover formed as the seedhead, the cover heavily restored, 13cm dia. (2)
Cf. Flowers and Fables: A Survey of Chelsea Porcelain 1745-69, nos. 98 and 99.