Pot pourri cover
Chelsea-Derby Porcelain (fl.1769-1784)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1770 - 1771
Materials
Soft paste porcelain
Place of origin
Chelsea
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1296747.2
Summary
Pot-pourri (a) and cover (b), soft-paste porcelain, modeled in the French Rococo taste, of baluster shape with pierced neck on ascroll-edged circular foot, elaborately scrolling angular handles, the pierced cover with acorn finial painted in colours with a scene from classical mythological of Aeneas offering a sacrifice to Apollo, the reverse with a scene outside an inn within shaped reserves against a claret ground with pendant swags in green camaïeu, gilt details, unmarked, William Duesbury period, Chelsea, c. 1770-71.
Provenance
1920 Inventory of Tatton in Buhl Cabinet ‘Large two handled Chelsea vase and cover, maroon and gilt painted with landscapes and figures, 200l.’.
Makers and roles
Chelsea-Derby Porcelain (fl.1769-1784), manufacturer