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Chelsea Triangle Period White Crayfish Salt
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Print Details
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Request Details
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Dates
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Circa 1745
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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England
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Description
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An extremely rare Chelsea triangle period white crayfish salt, modelled with a crayfish seated along an undulating shell.
Incised triangle.
These celebrated Chelsea models of a crayfish salt are adapted from a pair of silver-gilt salts made by Nicolas Sprimont in 1742–3. These were part of an extensive service made for Frederick Prince of Wales, the eldest son of George II, which are now preserved in the Royal collection at Windsor Castle. The source for these silver versions was an adaptation of an earlier engraving from 1734 after J.S. Meissonnier, the Huguenot silversmith. The Chelsea sales catalogue for March and April 1756 lists six pairs of crawfish salts.
7.5cm High
12.5cm Wide
11.5cm Deep
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Condition
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Several of the original feelers reattached, two remade, chip to the edge of the back of the salt restored.
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Literature
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Literature: John Mallet, Rococo Art and Design in Hogarth’s England. Elizabeth Adams, Chelsea porcelain, pl.5 for the silver-gilt version of this model.
David Austin Chelsea Porcelain at Williamsburg, pp. 26,27, for the Sprimont silver salt.
Royal Collections: (RCIN 51393) for the silver-gilt model
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