Live Auction 5467The Althorp Attic Sale - Including the Spencer Carriages
EIGHTEEN CHELSEA PLATES
Lot 718

EIGHTEEN CHELSEA PLATES

CIRCA 1760, GOLD ANCHOR MARKS

Closed8 July 2010

Price Realised

GBP 1,625

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EIGHTEEN CHELSEA PLATES
CIRCA 1760, GOLD ANCHOR MARKS
Each painted with loose bouquets and scattered sprigs to the centres, the scroll-moulded borders with vignettes of birds in landscapes, enriched in gilding
Each 9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) diam. (18)

Probably acquired by either Georgiana, Countess Spencer (1737-1814) or Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer, either for Spencer House, London or Althorp, Northamptonshire, and thence by descent.

Specialist note

Eighteen plates from this service are offered in the Spencer House sale, Christie's King Street, 8 July 2010, lot 1031.