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An important Chelsea clock-case with allegorical elements representing Dawn.

Circa 1756

Two putti, one asleep, one awake, on a balustrade above a ‘setting dog’, while a drake emerges from rushes beneath a waterfall and a small sphinx also rouses itself.

Small red anchor mark to the rear.

Original movement by Edward Welch - London (1744-62) Signed Edw’d Welch London N59.

Literature:

Blunt, Reginald, The Cheyne Book of China ad Pottery, Pl.10 No 119.

The Hutton Collection

Adams, Elizabeth, Chelsea Porcelain, Chapter 8, The Red Anchor Wares, P.117, P.199, note 29, where the clock in Blunts book is referred to.  

 





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