Chelsea Porcelain Figure of Boy and Girl Eating Fruit, 1756
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A rare Chelsea porcelain and gilt figure of a boy and a girl eating fruit. English circa 1756/8, after a Meissen original, red anchor mark. Provenance: Alfred Hutton Collection. Robyn Robb England 12/06/1998 (3,950 pounds). Robert Burke collection no 123. Reference: Illustrated in 'The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery', no. 147, p 116, which was the catalogue of an Exhibition held in June 1924 in Chelsea Town Hall. 20.4 cm high, 15 cm wide
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