April 12, 2024
Chelsea Gold Anchor? Or Superb French Copy?
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I obtained this item in a mixed lot from a prestigious collection and was struck by the richness of the colour and the details in the painting and the thick raised gilding. The condition is extremely good for its age, with just a small dark mark in the centre panel and some tiny white spots where the gilding has rubbed off - please study the photographs carefully. It was marked with the Gold Anchor of Chelsea, but I was aware that there are many fakes bearing this mark. Not having any personal expertise in early porcelain I was fortunate to be able to consult several specialists from the NCS and ECC. Opinion was fairly equally divided: some felt this was genuine early Chelsea Gold Anchor period, pointing out that the anchor was the right size and fakers usually made it too large; others felt it could be a copy, but most felt it was English. Finally I was able to get the opinion of Geoffrey Godden who thought that the feel and colour were not right for Chelsea and it was probably a Continental copy, although the workmanship was of a very high standard. In 'Phillips Guide to English Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries' by John Sandon I came across a reference to the factory at St Armand-les-Eaux. In the 1840's they revived the soft paste formula previously used at Tournai in order to make copies of, among others, Chelsea. John
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