A rare Chelsea pale yellow-ground and pink flower-painted tea-cup and saucer, English circa 1760, gold anchor mark, the pale yellow ground being the rarest of the Chelsea gold anchor period ground colours. Provenance: Robert Burke collection no 51. Exhibited: Ceramic Collectors Society Exhibition Sydney 1979 no 5. Flowers and Fables A Survey of Chelsea Porcelain 1745-1769. National Gallery of Victoria 1984/1985 no 159. Illustrated in the accompanying catalogue published by the NGV page 72. saucer 13.5 cm diameter, cup 7.2 cm high, 11.5 cm wide