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1 An Extremely Important Chelsea Sugar bowl and cover, the circular eight lobed form moulded in very crisp relief with flowering ‘teaplants’, beautifully coloured in tones of pink, yellow, iron red and blue, the two toned green leaves with sepia detailing, the slightly domed ogival cover with similar decoration and pointed eight lobed finial.

Circa 1745-49. The Triangle Period.


Height: 5ins. (12.5cms.) No Marks.

Provenence: Dr. Paul B. Riley Collection.

 

 

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A Fine and Rare Chelsea Coloured Tea Plant Beaker, of lobed form, moulded in high relief and picked out in colours with spiralling festoons of flowering tea plants issuing

From the base, with brown line rim, the interior painted with a sprig of fruiting apple.

Circa 1745-49.

Height: 3 ins. (7.5cms.)

No Marks.

Provenance: Dr. Paul B. Riley Collection.

 

3 An extremely Fine and Rare Chelsea Cream Jug or Cream Ewer of twelve lobed baluster form with double scrolled bifurcated handle the upper terminal issuing from an acanthus moulded escutcheon with triple husk pendant, the body moulded in high relief with flowering and spiralling ‘tea plants’ picked out in colours, issuing from a wreath of the same around the base, brown line rim.

Circa 1745-49 The Triangle Period.

Height: 3 ¼ ins. (8.5cms.)

No Marks.

Provenance: Dr. Paul .B. Riley Collection.

 

4 A Highly Important Chelsea Tea plant Jug, the eight sided lobed baluster form moulded in high relief with spiralling flowering tea plants issuing from the base, the ear shaped handle with kicked and indented lower terminal, the flattened spout with silver shaped beaded edge.

Circa 1745-49.

Height: 5 ¼ ins. (13.5cms.)

No Marks

Provenance: The Rous Lench and Dr. Paul .B. Riley Collection

 

 

5 A Highly Important Chelsea Tea plant Jug, the eight sided lobed baluster form moulded in high relief with spiralling flowering tea plants issuing from the base, the ear shaped handle with kicked and indented lower terminal, the flattened spout with silver shaped beaded edge.

Circa 1745-49.

Height: 5 ¼ ins. (13.5cms.)

No Marks.

Provenance: Dr. Paul B. Riley Collection.

 

6 A rare Chelsea lobed beaker of flared form, beautifully decorated in the kakiemon style with the ‘Red Tiger’ pattern, showing a red tiger chasing insects in flight beside a spray of flowering bamboo which issues from a series of holed rocks beside several branches of flowering prunus, the interior with a sprig the flared rim with brown line rim.

Circa 1745-49

Height: 2¾ ins. (7cms.)

Provenance: Dr. Paul B. Riley Collection.

 

7 A rare Chelsea white model of a Child’s Head after Fiammingo   turned slightly to his left and tilted downwards, his lips parted and hair tousled; on a waisted wooden socle.

Height:  4 ¼ in (10.8 cm)

Circa    1750

 

 

8 An Extremely Rare Chelsea Lobed Decagonal Dish, of small size, incredibly beautifully painted with the inclusion of every tiny detail with a spray of an opening rose and a closed bud together with a extraordinarily diaphanous yellow anemone, a small insect in flight to its centre, surrounded by scattered sprigs of smaller flowers, with brown line rim.

Circa 1750-52.

Diameter: 7 ins. (17.7 cms.)

No Marks.

Provenance: The Frank Hurlbutt, Dr. Bellamy Gardner, Dr. F. Severne Mackenna, W.H.Pitts and Dr. Paul B. Riley Collections.

 

 

9 Chelsea oval Dish of silver shape painted with bouquets, scattered sprigs of coloured flowers and winged insects.

Circa 1752.

Length: 9 5/8 ins

No Marks.

 

10 A very Important and previously unrecorded Girl in a Swing / St. James’ Factory model of a Ewe and Lamb, the reclined ewe encircling the lamb which rests under her back legs, both the woollen coat of the ewe and the lamb very naturalistically modelled.

Date: 1749-1751

Length: 4 ½ ins. (11.5cms.)

Height: 2ins. (5cms.)

No Marks.

Provenance: Private English Collection.