A Chelsea large ewer

A Chelsea large ewer, after a Meissen porcelain original, of helmet form, with leaf moulded loop handle, painted in coloured enamels with sprays of flowers and leaves, above a leaf moulded band, picked out in gilt, thr domed foot painted with flowers, within scroll moulded cartouches, 8 1/4" high, circa 1758-60, no mark

See Elizabeth Adams, Chelsea Porcelain, page 148, figure 11.8 for a ewer and basin of this form, in the British Museum

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