Porcelain & Glass - 28th November 2007

Lot 651

A Chelsea fable group

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £2200

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Description

A Chelsea fable group, 'The Cock and the Jewell' [sic], with a cockerel and hens before flowering bocage, a jewelled necklace at their feet, raised and titled on a scrollwork base, unmarked. Damages and restoration. c.1760, 22cm. Cf. Chelsea and other English Porcelain, The Collection of Irwin Untermyer, pl.46 for a similar example.