Antique 18th-century English Porcelain Catalogue April 2017

Antique English Porcelain Catalogue: Chelsea, Longton Hall, Derby & First Period Worcester

Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc. Paul Vandekar – 212-308-2022 - info@vandekar.com 1

Chelsea Porcelain Trompe L'oeil Tureen in the form of a Parrot Tulip, Red Anchor Period, Circa 1755.

The Chelsea porcelain tureen is naturalistically modelled in the form of a large parrot tulip flower with yellow and puce red striations with a green leaf on the cover.

Mark: Red script "2" on the base.

Dimensions: Length 7 inches x 5 inches x 4 inches high.

Reference: Chelsea Porcelain: The Red Anchor Wares, F Severne Mackenna, Plate 34, #68 for a tureen of the same form but different stem described as a red cabbage tureen.

(VM98244)

Price: $11000.00 2

Chelsea Porcelain Trompe L'oeil Leaf Dish with Fruit and Butterfly, Red Anchor Period, Circa 1755 The Chelsea porcelain moulded porcelain dish depicts two overlapping large naturalistically painted leaves with fruit including a plum, peaches and raspberries and also a large polychrome butterfly.

Dimensions: 10 inches long x 8 inches wide x 1 1/4 inches high (VM98260)

Price: $4000.00 3

Chelsea Porcelain Pair of Trompe L'oeil Grape Leaf Dishes, Red Anchor Period, Circa 1755 The Chelsea porcelain dish is in the form of a grape leaf with serrated rim and is painted in the centre with a floral bouquet superimposed on a network of puce-coloured veining

Dimensions: 8 inches x 6 1/4 inches wide x 2 1/4 inches high

(VM98249)

Price: $5800.00

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Chelsea Porcelain Botanical Molded Cabbage Leaf Dish With Painted Flowers, Circa 1755-58.

The large molded cabbage leaf dish is well painted with a large bouquet of flowers and multiple scattered large flowers.

Dimensions: 10 1/2 inches x 7 3/4 inches x 1 1/2 inches

See large Chelsea porcelain dish which is earlier but similarly painted at the V & A Museum (Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Museum number: 414:334-1885)

(VM98242)

Price: $3750.00 5

Chelsea Porcelain Reticulated Circular Dishes, Gold Anchor Period, Circa 1760.

The Chelsea porcelain dishes with circular lattice rims and a simple gilt band are decorated with an off-center bouquet of painted flowers with a single flower to the side.

Diameter: 7 1/2 inches

Mark: Small Gold anchor.

Reference: Chelsea Porcelain, The Gold Anchor Wares, F. Severne Mackenna, plate 7, #12 for a dish with similar painting.

(NY6009)

Price: $2500.00 6

Antique Chelsea Porcelain Vegetable Dishes, Brown Anchor, Circa 1758.

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 mushroom and gooseberries. Each with scattered vegetables and leaves to the rim. The border with red/brown line.

Dimensions: Length: 7 3/5 inches; Depth: 7 1/10 inches; Height: 2 1/10 inches; 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.

(NY6042)

Price: 5500.00 7

Chelsea Porcelain Leaf Dish Painted With Fruits, Red Anchor Period, Circa 1755.

The tromp L'oeil porcelain dish is in the form of a large leaf with red veining and painted with scattered fruits.

Dimensions: 7 1/4 inches x 6 3/4 inches x 1 1/4 inches

Mark: Hand-painted Red Anchor mark (NY8482)

Price: $1950.00 8

Pair of Chelsea Porcelain Trompe L'oeil Leaf Dishes, Red Anchor Period, Circa 1755 The large deep porcelain dishes are modelled in the form of a leaf with a scalloped raised dark green border with a yellow interior and purple veining. Across the center of each is a floral bouquet and scattered leaves..

Dimensions: 9 1/2 inches x 7 inches x 2 inches

Reference: Chelsea Porcelain at Williamsburg, John Austin, Pages 96-97, #87 for illustration of a similar pair but without the flower painting. The author mentions that this shape of leaf dish was used both as an underdish for trompe l'oeil tureens such as rabbit, cauliflower, melon and rose forms and also as part of dessert services. He quotes a description from the Chelsea porcelain sale on the sixth day, lot 42, in 1755 described as "scollop'd compotiers green leaves."

(NY8484)

Price: $5500.00 9

Longton Hall Porcelain Four Leaf Molded Saucer, Circa 1754-57.

The Longton Hall saucer is moulded with three central large green leaves with puce veining atop four larger moulded leaves.

Dimensions: 5 1/4 inches diameter x 1 inch high

Reference: A cup and saucer of this pattern can be found at the Horsham Museum, West Sussex, Southern England (VM98240)

Price: $750.00

Longton Hall Porcelain Three Leaf Molded Dish, Circa 1754-57.

The unusually shaped small dish depicts three moulded large leaves placed on a dish with their stems protruding over the rim.

Dimensions: 6 inches x 5 inches x 1 1/2 inches (VM98241)

Price: $2000. 00

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Antique Pair of Derby Porcelain Botanical Tankards, Painting by Edward Withers, Circa 1785.

The pair of Derby porcelain botanical tankards with painted decoration of flower bouquets to each side and a single flower to the front. The rim with a band of a dark blue ground with a continuous gilt leaf meandering design.

Dimensions: 4 3/4 inches x 4 3/4 inches x 3 1/2 inches diameter.

Reference: Derby Porcelain 1748-1848: An Illustrated Guide, John Twitchett, Page 240 for two identical tankards with one identically painted attributed to Withers.

(VM982205)

Price: $2000.00 11

First Period Worcester Porcelain Polychrome Chestnut Basket, Cover & Stand, Circa 1775.

Dimensions: Stands 10 ž in. (27.5 cm.) long x 8 3/4 inches x 6 inches x 6 1/4 inches high

References: Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790: The Zorensky Collection, Spero, Simon and John Sandon, Page 479, plate 654. See Page 230, #268 for a polychrome Worcester chestnut basket, cover and stand.

The authors write that chestnut baskets or cream-basons were usually sold as a component of a dessert service. The form was introduced in the late 1760's. When sold separately, these ambitious and labour intensive pieces were expensive and in the 1769 sale of Worcester porcelain two fine oval white and gold cream basons, pierced covers and plates sold for 15s 6d, a substantial sum at that period by one calculation about $2,800.00 today.

(VM98256)

Price: $3750 12

First Period Worcester Pair of Porcelain Leaf Serving Dishes, Circa 1758-60.

The First Period Worcester porcelain dishes with moulded strawberry leaf and stem handles, the pierced lattice soles fitted with basketwork, the reserves painted with flower heads. The design is after a Meissen original.

Length 11 7/8 inches (30 cm).

Reference: The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain, Volume I, 1751-1851, John Sandon, Page 366-367 for a colour illustration (plate 98) of a yellow ground examples (VM98250)

Price: $6500.00

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First Period Worcester Porcelain Leaf Dish, Circa 1765-70.

The First Period Worcester porcelain dish is modeled in the form of a leaf with purple veins and green leaves. In the centre are scattered leaves and flowers. The stem is in the form of a twig.

Dimensions: Length 7 3/4 inches x 6 1/2 inches x 2 inches high

Reference: The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain, Vol I, 1751-1851, John Sandon page 218 for a discussion of leaf dishes. The vine leaf form was introduced around 1755 and continued to be produced for some time. Sandon lists a dessert service from the 1769 Worcester Sale Catalogue where four vine leaf dishes are listed.

(NM8481)

Price: $1950.00

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First Period Worcester Porcelain Mazarine Blue Scale Botanical Sauce Tureens Covers & Stands, Circa 1768-72.

The outstanding botanical oval sauce tureens, covers & stands with a blue scale ground are highlighted with panels of flowers and the handles in the form of flowering twigs.

Dimensions: 4 inches high x 7 1/2 inches long x 5 3/4 inches deep

(NY8474)

Price: $4500.00

15

First Period Worcester Porcelain Mazarine Blue-ground Giles-decorated Botanical Sauce Tureen Cover & Stand, Circa 1768-72.

The oval tureen, cover & stand with mazarine blue-ground highlighted with panels of flowers and the handles in the form of flowering twigs and typical cisele gilding of flowers.

The decoration of the tureen is by James Giles.

Dimensions: 5 inches high x 8 1/4 inches x 6 1/4 inches

Reference: James Giles: China and Glass Painter (1718-80), ill. #64, 65 and 66 for blue ground examples with almost identical types of gilding.

(NY8473)

Price: $3500.00 16

First Period Worcester Porcelain Pavilion Pattern Large Kidney Dessert Dish, Circa 1770.

Dimensions: 11 inches long x 8 3/4 inches wide x 2 inches tall.

Reference: Zorensky Collection, fig. 275 with the notation, “The design is a fanciful one, probably invented by the factory, combining Japanese and Chinese influences.�; Worcester Porcelain, Spero & Sandon, page 235, pl. 275; The Albrecht Collection: The Japanese Influence on 18th Century English Porcelain, Albert Amor Limited, Published by London (1988) pages 22 & 23, plates 52 & 53 for examples of the pattern.

(NY8455)

$1950.00 17

First Period Worcester Large Blue Scale Botanical Mask Jug, Circa 1775.

An unusual First Period Worcester porcelain blue scale ground mask jug with multiple panels with botanical decoration.

Mark: underglaze blue square fret mark.

Dimensions: 7 inches tall x 6 inches wide x 4 1/2 inches deep (NY8453

Price: $1750.00

Antique English Flight Worcester Porcelain Dishes in the Bishop Sumner Pattern, Circa 1783-1792.

The shaped Flight Worcester porcelain dishes with a design of a Chinese Famille Verte pattern of the Kangxi period. The dishes are decorated in bright enamels with a narrow border and inner panels of flowers, birds and animals. The central panel illustrates a mythical creature and a flying dragon in a landscape.

Diameter: 8 1/4 inches x 8 inches x 1 3/4 inches high.

Mark: Flight in puce Reference: Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790: The Zorensky Collection, Simon Spero & John Sandon, Page 182, #192 for a sauce tureen and stand in this pattern also with gilt crescent.

(NY8019B)

Price: $3750.00

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Antique English First Period Worcester Porcelain Deep Dish in the Bishop Sumner Pattern, Circa 1775.

Diameter: 9 1/2 inches x 2 inches high.

Mark: Painted gilt open crescent.

Reference: Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790: The Zorensky Collection, Simon Spero & John Sandon, Page 182, #192 for a sauce tureen and stand in this pattern also with gilt crescent.

(NY1090A)

Price: $3750.00 19

Antique English Porcelain First Period Worcester Underglaze Blue Blind Earl Leaf Sweetmeat Dish, Circa 1765-75.

The 18th-century shaped First Period Worcester Blind Earl pattern moulded dish is finely painted in underglaze blue with bugs and leaves.

Dimensions: 6 inches x 5 1/2 inches Reference: Worcester Porcelain, Zorensky Collection, Page 458, #623 for an identical dish.

(NY7997)

Price: $2800.00 20