A CHELSEA PORCELAIN SMALL MELON TUREEN AND COVER CIRCA 1755

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

bidding is closed

Description

length 3 1/4 in.
8.3 cm

a sprig of blossom forming the knop of the cover. Knop chipped.

Provenance

Sold, Sotheby's, London, July 1, 1958
The Antique Porcelain Company, New York

Catalogue Note

Three similar melon tureens from the Joshua Collection and a fourth from the L. F. Harrison Collection are illustrated by Reginald Blunt, The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery, pl. 15, nos. 306 and 313.