A Rare Chelsea Asparagus Box and Cover, Circa 1755
Length: 7 ins (18 cms)
Item No. 1518
A rare Chelsea Asparagus Box and Cover, the elegantly slip cast form moulded as a bunch of pale cut asparagus tips, cut ends and side shoots tinged with puce carmine...
A rare Chelsea Asparagus Box and Cover, the elegantly slip cast form moulded as a bunch of pale cut asparagus tips, cut ends and side shoots tinged with puce carmine and very pale green, tied over the top with brown painted rataffia, the cover with rising sprigs of asparagus being half of the bunch.
Marks:
The base with red anchor mark numeral 13 to the interior of the cover