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GIRL-IN-A-SWING
St. James Factory GOLD-MOUNTED DOUBLE SCENTBOTTLE BILLING DOVES Soft Paste Porcelain Date: Circa 1755 Height: 6 cm (2 3/8 inches) Charming and rare Girl-in-a-Swing Double Scentbottle in the form of two doves billing; one dove is on the ground, the other perched in a tree, decorated in brilliant polychrome enamels. It is gold mounted with two stoppers also in the form of billing doves which is very rare. |
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GIRL-IN-A-SWING
St. James Factory SCENTBOTTLE TWO CUPIDS AT VULCAN’S FORGE Soft Paste Porcelain Date: circa 1759 Height: 3 1/2 inches Charming Scentbottle representing two naked Cupids at a furnace, one blowing the fire with bellows, the other kneeling to stir a mortar. The furnace is painted with rose sprigs and the finial is in the form of a jet of flames. On the ledges an alembic (a love potion), a lantern and fire tools. Mounted in gold. |
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These vases are examples of late Red Anchor ware, which is generally considered the finest body of pieces made at the Chelsea Porcelain factory. Red Anchor is the third period of the Chelsea production and lasted from 1753 to 1758. The style, which glorified Nature, was inspired primarily by a close feeling for flora and fauna, executed in a very high quality paste and warm white glaze and using a pleasing palette of blues, greens, and roses. |
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CHELSEA Date: circa 1750-52 |
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