A rare pair of Chelsea, dishes circa 1750-52


Of fluted rectangular form, the centres painted with landscapes, one with a shepherd and his flock resting beneath an old tree, a horse and rider by a river to the right, the other with a river scene, a church on the far bank and a group of figures and horses in the foreground, the borders painted with scattered sprigs and a moth within brown line rims, 20.3cm and 20.7cm wide (2)
|For related decoration on a silver-shaped dish, see Elizabeth Adams, Chelsea Porcelain (2001), p.79, fig.7.13