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Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

1752 - 1780

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Oval tri-color jasper (green, black, and white) with white relief scene with man and woman decorated by Bert Bentley
Bust front, head slightly right, in uniform with medal.
Porcelain sculpture comprised of clusters of white spherical forms bound together in an irregular way with black cording.
Cup and saucer of solid white jasper with lilac jasper dip and applied white and green jasper relief decoration, the cup slightly tapered and with leaf-molded loop handle, with a band of green and white quatrefoil motifs around the lower edge, the main body engine-turned to create a lilac and white checkerboard pattern with vertical columns of white oak leaf vines in between and green quatrefoils on the white squares, with a vine of oak leaves running around the upper edge, the conforming saucer with similar checkerboard pattern around the interior rim and a band of oak leaves around the well, with stylized acanthus leaves around the outer edge.