A good Chelsea silver shaped dish, c.1756, painted to the well with colourful long-tailed birds

A good Chelsea silver shaped dish, c.1756, painted to the well with colourful long-tailed birds amidst foliage, the rim picked out in turquoise, puce and gilt, red anchor mark, and a pair of Chelsea plates, boldly painted with birds perched on rocks, the feather-moulded rims picked out in green and brown, brown anchor marks, 25cm max. (3)

Provenance: the Clifford Henderson Collection. The plates formerly in the Rous Lench Collection. The dish purchased Bonhams, 21st April 2010.