A Chelsea 'scolopendrium' beaker, circa 1750-52Moulded with five pointed leaves growing up from the base, the five-lobed rim picked out with a brown line, finely painted with small flower sprays, sprigs and two insects including a hairy caterpillar, the interior with a single sprig, 7.5cm high, raised anchor markFootnotesProvenance Bonhams, 20 November 2019, lot 225 Robyn Robb Collection A similar beaker from the Garrick Bond Collection was sold by Bonhams on 17 May 2017, lot 151. Other comparable beakers are illustrated by Margaret Legge, Flowers and Fables (1984), p.31, no.32 and by F Severne Mackenna, Chelsea Porcelain: The Triangle and Raised Anchor Wares (1948), pl.22, no.49.
A Chelsea 'scolopendrium' beaker, circa 1750-52Moulded with five pointed leaves growing up from the base, the five-lobed rim picked out with a brown line, finely painted with small flower sprays, sprigs and two insects including a hairy caterpillar, the interior with a single sprig, 7.5cm high, raised anchor markFootnotesProvenance Bonhams, 20 November 2019, lot 225 Robyn Robb Collection A similar beaker from the Garrick Bond Collection was sold by Bonhams on 17 May 2017, lot 151. Other comparable beakers are illustrated by Margaret Legge, Flowers and Fables (1984), p.31, no.32 and by F Severne Mackenna, Chelsea Porcelain: The Triangle and Raised Anchor Wares (1948), pl.22, no.49.
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