A CHELSEA PORCELAIN 'HANS SLOANE' BOTANICAL PLATE CIRCA 1755

boldly painted with a sinuous spray of large-leafed convolvulus and two winged insects within the shaped brown-edged rim, red anchor mark.

Stockspring Antiques, London

There is a 1 1/2-inch restored rim chip at 3 o'clock (assuming the stem of the flower is 6 o'clock) and an approximate 5-inch long shallow area along the rim edge that has been touched up (7 to 10 o'clock), possibly covering firing-related speckling. Two of the convolvulus heads has been touched up with purple enamel to cover up wear. All restorations are very well done.
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See the note to the previous lot.