Lot 61 An extremely rare Chelsea white 'teaplant' beaker, circa 1745-49
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| 拍卖时间 | 2026年07月01日 |
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An extremely rare Chelsea white 'teaplant' beaker, circa 1745-49
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GBP 1,500
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The gently lobed form with the rim slightly everted, moulded in high relief with five spiralling leafy tendrils issuing buds and flowers, 7.2cm high, crown and trident mark in blue
Footnotes
Provenance
Faith and Dewayne Perry Collection, Simon Spero exhibition, 2008, no.3
Literature
White, Mary, Drinking at the Whites' House, Vol.2, 2021, p.297, fig.a
The crown and trident mark to the underside of the beaker occurs on very few pieces of early Chelsea. The mark is discussed by in relation to another Chelsea 'teaplant' beaker by Simon Spero, The Bowles Collection of 18th-Century English and French Porcelain, 1995, p.13, fig.2. One theory is an association with Richard Stables who sold porcelain from a shop in Crown-and-Sceptre Court, located between Ryder and Jermyn Street in St James's. A notice in the Daily Advertiser on 18 April 1746 mentions the shop as a source of Chelsea 'for the conveniency of the Publick'.
Mary White illustrates the beaker beside a similar example picked out in colours. The present lot is notably well potted and it seems likely that such examples were spared decoration, which might be used to disguise a few firing flaws - an admirable trait of the mercantile Sprimont. Another example left in the white from the Garrick Bond Collection was sold by Bonhams on 17 May 2017, lot 144.
Footnotes
Provenance
Faith and Dewayne Perry Collection, Simon Spero exhibition, 2008, no.3
Literature
White, Mary, Drinking at the Whites' House, Vol.2, 2021, p.297, fig.a
The crown and trident mark to the underside of the beaker occurs on very few pieces of early Chelsea. The mark is discussed by in relation to another Chelsea 'teaplant' beaker by Simon Spero, The Bowles Collection of 18th-Century English and French Porcelain, 1995, p.13, fig.2. One theory is an association with Richard Stables who sold porcelain from a shop in Crown-and-Sceptre Court, located between Ryder and Jermyn Street in St James's. A notice in the Daily Advertiser on 18 April 1746 mentions the shop as a source of Chelsea 'for the conveniency of the Publick'.
Mary White illustrates the beaker beside a similar example picked out in colours. The present lot is notably well potted and it seems likely that such examples were spared decoration, which might be used to disguise a few firing flaws - an admirable trait of the mercantile Sprimont. Another example left in the white from the Garrick Bond Collection was sold by Bonhams on 17 May 2017, lot 144.
