Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
Auction Closed
January 25, 03:59 AM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sold Without Reserve
A PAIR OF CHELSEA SMALL SUNFLOWER-DISHES AND TWO DERBY SUNFLOWER PICKLE DISHES, CIRCA 1755-60
each naturalistically modeled with bright yellow petals radiating from a seed-molded center, the curved stem handle issuing small flowers and leaves, the Chelsea dishes with red anchor marks
(Chelsea dish) length 6 ⅛ in.
15.4 cm
The Estate of Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc. New York, 17 May 1980, lot 34 (Chelsea dishes)
Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc. New York, 9 December 1983, lot 52 (Derby dishes)
A Chelsea sunflower dish of this small size was in the Selwyn Parkinson Collection, sold at Sotheby's London, 21 June 1966, lot 155