A rare pair of Chelsea Hans Sloane oval dishes

A rare pair of Chelsea Hans Sloane oval dishes, each finely painted in coloured enamels with a Martagon Lily and Cereus Altissimus, the indented border with brown line rim, 10" wide, circa 1755-57, brown anchor marks

Provenance; Irish Private Collection

See Sally Kevill-Davies, Sir Hans Sloane's Plants on Chelsea Porcelain, pages 102 and 152, for plates with these botanical specimens, shown with the source prints from C J Trew, Plantae Selectae 

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