THREE CHELSEA 'HANS SLOANE'-TYPE PLATES 1758-60

the first painted with a flowering cactus within a 'feather'-molded border on the rim, the second with a leafy spray of bean pods and blossom and the third with two crossed artichokes and sprigs of cherry and plums, brown anchor marks. Some wear.

The second and third plates, Earle Vandekar, London

All three plates have some patches of wear to the enamels and glaze, particularly around the cavettos and the plate with the bean pods has some additional wear to the brown enamel of the rim edge.
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A Chelsea red anchor example painted with the same cactus specimen as the first plate was in the Collections of Hanns and Elisabeth Weinberg and the Antique Company of New York, sold in these rooms, November 11, 2006, lot 583.