Three Chelsea octagonal dishes circa 1758-60

painted with vegetables, fruit and nuts.

Dish with pear: 5-in. haircrack running horizontally in the cavetto area. Dish with turnip:there is a long haircrack running downward from the rim to the cavetto wher it runs horizontally to the midpoint of a long side, where it forks, 1 1/2-in. in one direction and 2 1/2-in. in the other; at the same point there is another 2 1/2-in haircrack that curves downwards from the rim. Dish with gherkin: an approximate 1-in. made-up restoration to a rim chip. Some minor wear to the enamels of all.
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