A CHELSEA PORCELAIN 'HANS SLOANE' BOTANICAL PLATE CIRCA 1755

painted in the center with a large sprig of prickly green-stemmed convolvulus and two winged insects within the shaped brown-edged rim, red anchor mark.

Michele Beiny Inc., New York

Overall in good condition with very minor speckling at places and some very minor occasional scratching to the enamels.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

The decoration on this plate was adapted from G. D. Ehret, Plantae et Papilliones Rariores, Tab. VII, for which see Patrich Synge-Hutchinson, "G. D. Ehret's Botanical Designs on Chelsea Porcelain", Connoisseur, October 1958, figs. 18 and 19. A teabowl and a plate decorated with a similar composition are illustrated in Sally Kevill-Davies, Sir Hans Sloane's Plants on Chelsea Porcelain, pp. 112-113, figs. 26a-b, where the author quotes the Curator of the Garden at Chelsea, Philip Miller's, note on Convolvulus Indicus: "grows naturally in Jamaica. This sends out long branches, which twist about the trees and grow to a great height...The seeds should be sown upon a hot-bed in the spring... and toward the end of May they should be planted out in warm borders." A similar 'convolvulus' plate, Property from the Estate of Edith N. Kahn, was sold in these rooms, October 11, 1995, lot 363.