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A Chelsea Scolopendrium-Leaf Beaker, Circa 1750
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A Chelsea Scolopendrium-Leaf Beaker, Circa 1750
raised anchor period, molded with five twisting scolopendrium leaves with puce veins, the spaces between them painted with flower sprigs, the scalloped rim edged in brown, raised anchor mark.
Height 2 3/4 in.
7 cm
Provenance
Thomas George Burn (1907-1985), Rous Lench Court, Evesham, Worcestershire, no. 495, bearing label;
Sotheby's London, July 1, 1986, lot 205;
Zorka Hodgson Collection, England, bearing label;
Bonhams London, September 10, 2008, lot 3
Catalogue note
Early Chelsea forms such as the present lot which show the influence of French porcelain are rare. For further reading on the French influence on English porcelain see the paper by Tim H. Clarke, 'French Influences at Chelsea', E.C.C Transactions, 1959, vol. 4, part 5, pp. 45-57, where the author illustrates a Chelsea scolopendrium teabowl and its Chantilly prototype.
A very similar beaker is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, see Margaret Legge, Flowers and Fables, A Survey of Chelsea porcelain 1745-69, Melbourne 1984, p. 31, no. 32. Most recently a beaker of this form sold at Sotheby's London, November 1, 2017, lot 744, formerly sold, Sotheby's London, The Property of the late Selwyn Parkinson, Esq., sold by Order of the Executors, October 11, 1966, lot 238.
raised anchor period, molded with five twisting scolopendrium leaves with puce veins, the spaces between them painted with flower sprigs, the scalloped rim edged in brown, raised anchor mark.
Height 2 3/4 in.
7 cm
Provenance
Thomas George Burn (1907-1985), Rous Lench Court, Evesham, Worcestershire, no. 495, bearing label;
Sotheby's London, July 1, 1986, lot 205;
Zorka Hodgson Collection, England, bearing label;
Bonhams London, September 10, 2008, lot 3
Catalogue note
Early Chelsea forms such as the present lot which show the influence of French porcelain are rare. For further reading on the French influence on English porcelain see the paper by Tim H. Clarke, 'French Influences at Chelsea', E.C.C Transactions, 1959, vol. 4, part 5, pp. 45-57, where the author illustrates a Chelsea scolopendrium teabowl and its Chantilly prototype.
A very similar beaker is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, see Margaret Legge, Flowers and Fables, A Survey of Chelsea porcelain 1745-69, Melbourne 1984, p. 31, no. 32. Most recently a beaker of this form sold at Sotheby's London, November 1, 2017, lot 744, formerly sold, Sotheby's London, The Property of the late Selwyn Parkinson, Esq., sold by Order of the Executors, October 11, 1966, lot 238.
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A Chelsea Scolopendrium-Leaf Beaker, Circa 1750
raised anchor period, molded with five twisting scolopendrium leaves with puce veins, the spaces between them painted with flower sprigs, the scalloped rim edged in brown, raised anchor mark.
Height 2 3/4 in.
7 cm
Provenance
Thomas George Burn (1907-1985), Rous Lench Court, Evesham, Worcestershire, no. 495, bearing label;
Sotheby's London, July 1, 1986, lot 205;
Zorka Hodgson Collection, England, bearing label;
Bonhams London, September 10, 2008, lot 3
Catalogue note
Early Chelsea forms such as the present lot which show the influence of French porcelain are rare. For further reading on the French influence on English porcelain see the paper by Tim H. Clarke, 'French Influences at Chelsea', E.C.C Transactions, 1959, vol. 4, part 5, pp. 45-57, where the author illustrates a Chelsea scolopendrium teabowl and its Chantilly prototype.
A very similar beaker is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, see Margaret Legge, Flowers and Fables, A Survey of Chelsea porcelain 1745-69, Melbourne 1984, p. 31, no. 32. Most recently a beaker of this form sold at Sotheby's London, November 1, 2017, lot 744, formerly sold, Sotheby's London, The Property of the late Selwyn Parkinson, Esq., sold by Order of the Executors, October 11, 1966, lot 238.
raised anchor period, molded with five twisting scolopendrium leaves with puce veins, the spaces between them painted with flower sprigs, the scalloped rim edged in brown, raised anchor mark.
Height 2 3/4 in.
7 cm
Provenance
Thomas George Burn (1907-1985), Rous Lench Court, Evesham, Worcestershire, no. 495, bearing label;
Sotheby's London, July 1, 1986, lot 205;
Zorka Hodgson Collection, England, bearing label;
Bonhams London, September 10, 2008, lot 3
Catalogue note
Early Chelsea forms such as the present lot which show the influence of French porcelain are rare. For further reading on the French influence on English porcelain see the paper by Tim H. Clarke, 'French Influences at Chelsea', E.C.C Transactions, 1959, vol. 4, part 5, pp. 45-57, where the author illustrates a Chelsea scolopendrium teabowl and its Chantilly prototype.
A very similar beaker is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, see Margaret Legge, Flowers and Fables, A Survey of Chelsea porcelain 1745-69, Melbourne 1984, p. 31, no. 32. Most recently a beaker of this form sold at Sotheby's London, November 1, 2017, lot 744, formerly sold, Sotheby's London, The Property of the late Selwyn Parkinson, Esq., sold by Order of the Executors, October 11, 1966, lot 238.
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