A rare Chelsea figure of 'La Nourrice'

A rare Chelsea figure of 'La Nourrice', modelled by Joseph Willems, after a 17th century French earthenware model by Berthelemy de Blenod, the young woman seated, a child in swaddling clothes at her breast, and decorated in coloured enamels, the rectangular base with gilt scrolls, 7 1/2" high, circa 1755, red anchor mark

Exhibited, Flowers and Fables Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1984-85, number 56 

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