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Chelsea [Lawrence Street Factory]
Pair of cruet stands with glass containers c.1763
Soft-paste bone-ash porcelain | 30.0 x 28.0 x 15.3 cm (whole object) | RCIN 57023
Chelsea [Lawrence Street Factory]
Master: Pair of cruet stands with glass containers (from the Mecklenburg Service) Item: The Mecklenburg Service c.1763
Chelsea [Lawrence Street Factory]
Master: Pair of cruet stands with glass containers (from the Mecklenburg Service) Item: The Mecklenburg Service c.1763
Chelsea [Lawrence Street Factory]
Pair of cruet stands with glass containers c.1763
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A pair of soft-paste bone-ash porcelain gold anchor porcelain cruet stands, each holding two cut-glass circular oil bottles with porcelain caps, painted with scattered flowers; tall central stem with heart-shaped handle, the circular galleries painted with Mazarine blue and with gilt details.
Provenance
Part of a similarly decorated dinner and dessert service, known as the Mecklenberg Service, commissioned by King George III and Queen Charlotte, by whom presented to her brother, Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenberg-Strelitz in 1764. By descent until 1919; Sir Joseph Duveen: James Oakes by whom presented to HM Queen Elizabeth for her Silver Wedding anniversary, 1947.
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Creator(s)
(porcelain manufacturer)(manufacturer)(nationality)Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Soft-paste bone-ash porcelain
Measurements
30.0 x 28.0 x 15.3 cm (whole object)
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