Saucer dish
Chelsea Porcelain Factory (1744-1769)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1755 - 1757
Materials
Porcelain
Measurements
225 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Chelsea
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 881036
Summary
Chelsea '`Hans Sloane' saucer dish, strongly painted with a Turk's Cap attracting butterfly and a beetle. A smaller floral sprig and dragonfly completes the pattern and the rim is edged in brown. Red anchor mark. 1755-1757 Ex Lord Powerscourt's Collection
Provenance
From the bequest of Miss L. Loveband, January 1979.
Marks and inscriptions
(handwritten in ink on sticky label) Chelsea/Red Anchor/2-5/Lord Powerscourt
Makers and roles
Chelsea Porcelain Factory (1744-1769), potters