A Chelsea white goat and bee jug
A Chelsea white goat and bee jug

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A Chelsea white goat and bee jug
of baluster form, the lower section moulded with two recumbent goats below a loose spray of flowers applied with a bee, the branch handle applied with leaves, incised triangle mark, 1745-49 (chip to base and handle, minor chips to leaves and to wings of bee) -- 11.5cm. high
See colour plate 4

Lot Essay

Cf. F. Severne Mackenna, Chelsea Porcelain, The Triangle and Raised Anchor Wares (1948), p. 23; see also the example sold in these rooms, 2nd May 1999, lot 47.

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