A Chelsea ‘goat and bee’ jug

A Chelsea 'goat and bee' jug, of baluster form, finely modelled with two goats beneath moulded flowering branches, decorated in coloured enamels, and applied with a bee, the handle as an oak branch, applied with leaves, on green glazed mound base, brown line rim, 4 1/2" high, circa 1745, incised triangle mark

Provenance: Irish Private Collection, acquired from Albert Amor

See John C Austin, Chelsea Porcelain at Williamsburg, figure 6, for a similar jug 

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