Live Auction 5289Christie's Interiors
TWO CHELSEA LEAF-MOULDED EEL TUREEN STANDS AND A HANS SLOANE PLATE
Lot 273

TWO CHELSEA LEAF-MOULDED EEL TUREEN STANDS AND A HANS SLOANE PLATE

CIRCA 1752-58, RED ANCHOR MARKS

Closed7 October 2014

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GBP 1,125

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TWO CHELSEA LEAF-MOULDED EEL TUREEN STANDS AND A HANS SLOANE PLATE
CIRCA 1752-58, RED ANCHOR MARKS
The stand moulded with overlapping leaves and weeds resting on basket-work, the plate painted with mulberries and scattered insects below a shaped brown line rim
The stands 10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.); the plate 8 ½ in. (21.8 cm.) wide

With Stockspring Antiques, from whom they were acquired 11 February 2013..

Specialist note

A stand of the same design and described as 'a very rare Chelsea circular leaf dish' was sold Sotheby's, London, The Parkinson Collection Part II, 21 June 1966, lot 153. This 'dish' was the subject of an article by Margaret Newton in Country Life magazine, (August 1966), in which the accuracy of the botanical specimens depicted are discussed.