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A Very Rare Early Chelsea Beaker, Circa 1750
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Description
A Very Rare Early Chelsea Beaker, Circa 1750
of fluted form with a flare rim, painted, in famille rose enamels with a song bird perched on a trailing branch hanging from blue pierced rockwork, flanked by a flowering branches from rockwork and loose leaves and flower sprigs, the interior with pendant blue pierced rockwork, brown-line waved rim.
Height 2 7/8 in.
7.3 cm
Provenance
Christie's London, February 10, 1986, lot 199;
Christie's London, Property of a Gentleman, February 11, 1991, lot 74;
Steppes Hill Farm Antiques, Sittingbourne, bearing label
Catalogue note
It appears that only one other beaker painted with this decoration has survived. The example has sold three times at Sotheby's London: The Property of a Lady, November 3, 1964, lot 25; The Selwyn Parkinson Collection, June 21, 1966, lot 118, and again April 14, 1997, lot 190, now in a private collection. No other examples appear to have been sold at auction since 1997.
of fluted form with a flare rim, painted, in famille rose enamels with a song bird perched on a trailing branch hanging from blue pierced rockwork, flanked by a flowering branches from rockwork and loose leaves and flower sprigs, the interior with pendant blue pierced rockwork, brown-line waved rim.
Height 2 7/8 in.
7.3 cm
Provenance
Christie's London, February 10, 1986, lot 199;
Christie's London, Property of a Gentleman, February 11, 1991, lot 74;
Steppes Hill Farm Antiques, Sittingbourne, bearing label
Catalogue note
It appears that only one other beaker painted with this decoration has survived. The example has sold three times at Sotheby's London: The Property of a Lady, November 3, 1964, lot 25; The Selwyn Parkinson Collection, June 21, 1966, lot 118, and again April 14, 1997, lot 190, now in a private collection. No other examples appear to have been sold at auction since 1997.
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A Very Rare Early Chelsea Beaker, Circa 1750
of fluted form with a flare rim, painted, in famille rose enamels with a song bird perched on a trailing branch hanging from blue pierced rockwork, flanked by a flowering branches from rockwork and loose leaves and flower sprigs, the interior with pendant blue pierced rockwork, brown-line waved rim.
Height 2 7/8 in.
7.3 cm
Provenance
Christie's London, February 10, 1986, lot 199;
Christie's London, Property of a Gentleman, February 11, 1991, lot 74;
Steppes Hill Farm Antiques, Sittingbourne, bearing label
Catalogue note
It appears that only one other beaker painted with this decoration has survived. The example has sold three times at Sotheby's London: The Property of a Lady, November 3, 1964, lot 25; The Selwyn Parkinson Collection, June 21, 1966, lot 118, and again April 14, 1997, lot 190, now in a private collection. No other examples appear to have been sold at auction since 1997.
of fluted form with a flare rim, painted, in famille rose enamels with a song bird perched on a trailing branch hanging from blue pierced rockwork, flanked by a flowering branches from rockwork and loose leaves and flower sprigs, the interior with pendant blue pierced rockwork, brown-line waved rim.
Height 2 7/8 in.
7.3 cm
Provenance
Christie's London, February 10, 1986, lot 199;
Christie's London, Property of a Gentleman, February 11, 1991, lot 74;
Steppes Hill Farm Antiques, Sittingbourne, bearing label
Catalogue note
It appears that only one other beaker painted with this decoration has survived. The example has sold three times at Sotheby's London: The Property of a Lady, November 3, 1964, lot 25; The Selwyn Parkinson Collection, June 21, 1966, lot 118, and again April 14, 1997, lot 190, now in a private collection. No other examples appear to have been sold at auction since 1997.
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