The Sir Bruno Welby Collection of Porcelain - 6th February 2025
Lot 1727
A Chelsea moonflask or pilgrim's bottle vase, c.1759-62, the flattened form finely painted in the
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £441
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Description
A Chelsea moonflask or pilgrim's bottle vase, c.1759-62, the flattened form finely painted in the Watteau manner with a pastoral couple among trees, the reverse with a large panel of flowers, reserved on a pale green ground, gold anchor mark, 18.3cm.
Exhibited: Chelsea Society Exhibition, 1999, no.118.
Cf. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle, Vol. 17, Pt. 1, no. 15 for a similar vase illustrated in John Mallet's article.