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A rare and fine Chelsea…
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Melbourne
Date:
19-Feb-2024
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A rare and fine Chelsea Royal-blue scale and gilt twin-handled ecuelle, cover and stand, painted in the Meissen style with pairs of children playing musical instruments in landscapes. English circa 1760, gold anchor mark. Provenance: Probably Sir Henry Hope Edwardes Bt Wootton Hall, Derbyshire, & sold from his estate Christie's, 25 April 1901, lot 192 and presumably re-acquired by Lieutenant Colonel Herbert James Hope Edwardes, Netley Hall Shropshire, & then by family descent Literature T. Cox, Inventory of the Contents of Netley Hall Shropshire, and thence by family descent. Lady More (nee Hope Edwardes formerly, Coldwell), Netley Hall, and subsequently Linley Hall, Shropshire, and by descent. Albert Amor Ltd, London, Chelsea Porcelain, A Private Collection, Part 4,Shape and Form, 2019, cat.no.22. Acquired 07/05/2019. Robert Burke Collection, 17 cm wide a cross the handles, 12.6 cm diameter, 12.5 cm high, stand 18.5 cm diameter
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Ceramics: Zother - 18th Century British