A UNUSUAL CHELSEA PORCELAIN APPLE BOX AND COVER CIRCA 1755

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

bidding is closed

Description

height 3 1/2 in.
8.9 cm

the interior of the base with a red anchor mark. Minor chips.

Provenance

Property of Lady Ismay, sold, Sotheby's, London, March 22, 1960, lot 150
The Antique Porcelain Company, New York

Catalogue Note

An example of the more commonly occuring Chelsea models of apple boxes, which incorporates a small caterpillar as a knop on the cover, was sold, Sotheby's, New York, the Collection of Mr. and Mrs Saul P. Steinberg, May 26, 2000, lot 18.