Antique Chelsea Porcelain Dishes Painted With Vegetables

Antique Chelsea Porcelain Vegetable Dishes,
Brown Anchor,
Circa 1758-60

The Chelsea porcelain dishes, after the Meissen, are of an unusual …
Antique Chelsea Porcelain Vegetable Dishes,
Brown Anchor,
Circa 1758-60

The Chelsea porcelain dishes, after the Meissen, are of an unusual deep octagonal form and are very well painted with a central composition of different fruit and vegetables. One includes a large capped mushroom, carrots, and turnips. The other dish has a peach, carrots and large mushrooms, and gooseberries. Each with scattered vegetables and leaves to the rim. The border with red/brown line.

Dimensions: 7 3/5 inches wide x 7 1/10 inches deep x 2 1/10 inches high (19.68 x 18.03 cm x 5.33 cm).

Mark: Small brown anchor.

Provenance: Emil Mosbacher, Jr. Collection. Greenwich, Connecticut; The Antique Porcelain Company, London.

Reference: The Bowles Collection of 18th-Century English & French Porcelain, Simon Spiro, page 49, #45 for similar shape and decoration.