Pair of Plates

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

About 1755

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Small creamware teapot with globular body, curved spout and scroll handle, overall molded to resemble a cauliflower with green-glazed stylized leaves covering the lower part, the upper part and flat, conforming cover glazed white to resemble cauliflower florets, the handle likewise glazed green.
Small, footed waste bowl of white stoneware with applied arabesques of scrollwork, flowers and foliage around the body against a stippled ground, the interior covered with a lead glaze.
Large, slightly irregularly shaped, round bowl of reddish earthenware covered with a gray-beige glaze that is unevenly applied and contains numerous glaze flaws, the upper outer and inner rims with a band of blue glaze that flows slightly creating a feather-like edge and is partially covered by a white glaze that drips downward, the edge of the rim and foot left glaze free , the body contains on one side a decorative motif consisting of a triangle with five bluish dots surrounded by white bits of glaze.
Salad spoon with handle of dark blue jasper with white relief decoration in a pattern of acanthus leaves and small floral motifs, with a small floral motif at the tip, the stem and bowl of silver plate.