Lot Details
Lot 1122
Chelsea Porcelain 'Feathered Edge'
Botanical Plate
Circa 1757, brown anchor mark
Boldly painted with a large yellow and puce papaya paw fruit and foliage, the molded edge picked out in puce and feathered in turquoise. Diameter 8 1/2 inches (21.6cm).
Provenance:
With D.M. & P Manheim, London, April 1985.
Compare the painted subject on the Rachel 'Bunny' Mellon, Chelsea botanical plate at the Museum Fine Arts Boston, object no. 2014.1880. Both are variations based on a plate in Georg Dionysius Ehret, Plantae et Papiliones Rariores, pl. III.
C Property of a Private Collector
Estimate: $700 - $900
Sold for $756 (includes buyer's premium)
Additional Notes & Condition Report
Restored rim chip, now discolored, some surface wear
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