A CHELSEA PORCELAIN MODEL OF A GROUSE OR PARTRIDGE
Lot 214 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM KELLY SIMPSON

A CHELSEA PORCELAIN MODEL OF A GROUSE OR PARTRIDGE

CIRCA 1749-52, RAISED PAD AND IRON-RED ANCHOR MARK

Closed23 October 2018

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A CHELSEA PORCELAIN MODEL OF A GROUSE OR PARTRIDGE
CIRCA 1749-52, RAISED PAD AND IRON-RED ANCHOR MARK
The bird modeled standing, its head turned to one side nestled on stalks of wheat
6 ¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high

With the Antique Porcelain Company, New York.

Specialist note

For a similar model in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, formerly of the collection of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, see museum no. 414:215/A-1885. Also compare the pair in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, formerly in the Irwin Untermyer collection (64.101.437 and 438).