A rare Chelsea oval dish

A rare Chelsea oval dish, the border with four pierced basket work panels, painted in coloured enamels with scattered flowers and a butterfly, the two handles modelled in bold relief with cob nuts and leaves, finely naturalistically decorated, brown line rim, 12" wide, circa 1754-55, bold red anchor mark

Provenance; American Private Collection

See Christies, London, Ceramics from the Rous Lench Collection, 29th and 30th May 1990, lot 328, for a similar dish 

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