The Sir Bruno Welby Collection of Porcelain - 6th February 2025
Lot 1709
A rare Chelsea botanical two-handled cup and saucer, c.1755, finely painted with flowering sprays of
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1071
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Description
A rare Chelsea botanical two-handled cup and saucer, c.1755, finely painted with flowering sprays of prunus and jasmine beside a colourful moth, flies and a small beetle, red anchor marks, and a Chelsea trembleuse saucer, c.1765, with an engine turned border, painted with sprays of fruit and vegetables, gold anchor mark, a faint rim crack and small filled chip to the former, 13.7cm max. (3)
Cf. Sally Kevill-Davies, pp.140-141 for a Hans Sloane leaf dish with similar decoration adapted from G W Knorr, Thesaurus rei herbariae hortensisque universalis, vol.1, t.64.