Live Auction 7731Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
A CHELSEA PORCELAIN PART TEA-SERVICE
Lot 238

A CHELSEA PORCELAIN PART TEA-SERVICE

CIRCA 1750-52, RAISED ANCHOR MARK TO TWO TEABOWLS

Closed2 June 2009

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GBP 46,850

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A CHELSEA PORCELAIN PART TEA-SERVICE
CIRCA 1750-52, RAISED ANCHOR MARK TO TWO TEABOWLS
Painted with vignettes of travellers in wooded river landscapes, among scattered sprigs, comprising: a teapot and cover (minute chip to tip of spout); a cream-ewer (hairline crack across one lobe of rim); six teabowls and seven saucers (one teabowl with minute chipping to rim, one saucer with rim chip, one with hairline crack, two with slight wear to enamels) (8)

Specialist note

Each teabowl and each saucer of the present service share a common print source and are inspired by Meissen porcelain. The decorator has varied each scene slightly but the overall similarities of each element proves that this service is a rare, almost intact survivor from the period. See F. Severne Mackenna, Chelsea Porcelain, The Triangle and Raised Anchor Wares (London, 1948), pl. 49, no. 98.