English & European Ceramics & Glass - 15 Dec 2020
A rare Chelsea sunflower bowl or tureen and cover c.1755
A rare Chelsea sunflower bowl or tureen and cover c.1755, naturalistically modelled, the small pot with a wide rim of yellow petals above sides moulded with green sepals, the cover formed as the seedhead, the cover heavily restored, 13cm dia. (2)
Cf. Flowers and Fables: A Survey of Chelsea Porcelain 1745-69, nos. 98 and 99.