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A very fine Chelsea Botanical Dessert Plate of ‘Hans Sloane’ type, of lobed shape, painted in a lovely pale palette with a spray of Dicentra Spectabilis (The Bleeding Heart) together with two shallots laid one on top of the other, their purple skins highlighted in yellow, their green leaves with black details, surrounded by insects and butterflies, including: an ant, a yellow ladybird, a dragon fly and a pink and yellow winged butterfly, within a brown line rim.
Circa 1755-58.
Diameter: 9ins. (23cms.)
Mark: Red anchor mark to underside of the plate.
An extremely well balanced composition with a an undeniably amenable palette. The details of the dragonfly and butterflies have been treated with the greatest possible detail, which is not always the case and is detail characteristic of one of the finer hands at work.

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