A Chelsea porcelain silver-mounted bonbonnière in the form of a lady's head, circa 1760

of large size, wearing a ruffled cap tied with a blue ribbon, her cheek painted with three beauty spots, the interior painted with flower sprigs, the hinged mount set with a hardstone cover, probably sodalite,

In good appearance. There is a chip to a frill of her cap on the left of the model and another chip at her collar on the right, perhaps associated with a manufacturing flaw. Some typical surface scratching and wear at her checks and nose consistent with use. The lapis and mount most likely mounted later.
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Other examples of this model are illustrated by Yvonne Hackenbroch, Chelsea and Other Porcelain, Pottery and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, Nottingham, 1957, pl. 69, fig. 214; G. E. Bryant, The Chelsea Porcelain Toys, London, 1925, color pl. 49, no.4, and William King, Chelsea Porcelain, London, 1922, pl. 46, fig 1.