ANTIQUE ESTATE 18TH C CHELSEA EXOTIC BIRD PLATE SET GOLD ANCHOR MARK

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ANTIQUE ESTATE 18TH C CHELSEA EXOTIC BIRD PLATE SET GOLD ANCHOR MARK:
$799.00

ANTIQUE 18TH CENTURY 4 CHELSEA PLATES. PLATE #1---- IS ALMOST PERFECT,SOME GOLD GILDING MISSING ON THE DELICATE LATTICE DESIGN AROUND CARTOUCHES.VERY MIMINAL.GOLD ANCHOR MARK ON BACK. PLATE #2----IS ALSO ALMOST PERFECT,WITH SOME GILDING LOSS-VERY MINIMAL,LIGHT SPECKLING ON BACK--NO ANCHOR PLATE #3----IS ALSO ALMOST PERFECT,HAS A SMALL--ALMOST UNDETECTABLE HAIRLINE,AND SOME LIGHT GILD LOSS.NO ANCHOR PLATE #4----SOME GILD LOSS,HAS HAD CHIP REPAIR,HARDLY NOTICEABLE FROM FRONT.NO ANCHOR PRICES ARE SET PER PLATE AND SOLD AS A SET AS IS-------PLATE #1-----$1,500.00 PLATE#2----$1,500.00 PLATE#3---800.00 PLATE # 4 $FREE--- SOLD AS A SET===3,800.00. THESE PLATES ARE FROM 1756-1769.OVER 200 YEARS OLD.THEY CAN NOT BE REPRODUCED FROM THAT TIME PERIOD---ORIGINALLY. MOST OF THESE PLATES ARE GONE----THESE WERE HANDED DOWN FROM GENERATION,KEPT IN A CABINET,UNTIL THOSE WHO KNEW WHAT THEY WERE,AND TREASURED THEM PASSED,AND THEY WERE SOLD AT THEIR ESTATE SALE.TREASURES LIKE THESE ARE HARD TO FIND,AND RARE.THEY ARE HELD IN HIGH REGARD,AND VALUE HAS INCREASED.PAST sales FROM ONE PLATE ALONG HAS SOLD FOR $19,974.00 AT CHRISTIES HOUSE sale WITH ESTIMATES OF $3,300.00----$5,000.00 PER PLATE. In 1750 the doors of Chelsea Porcelain Works were first opened.During the anchor marks periods NICHOLAS SPRIMONT was the ruling force at the Chelsea Factory.In 1763--due to illness he put the factory up for sale.In 1769,the Chelsea Factory was purchased by James Cox,who then resold it in 1770 to William Duesbury ,who owned the Derby Porcelain Factory,in 1771 NICHOLAS SPRIMONT died.The gold anchor period saw rich coloured grounds,lavish gilding and the Rococo style. The gold anchor mark could not with stand the high temperatures of the kiln.So the gold anchor mark was applied on top of the glaze.Most of these gold anchors would either be washed away or rubbed off with use.That is why these plates are sold as a set,one still retains the gold anchor mark for the set.Even one of these plates would be valued to collect---this is a set.Highly gilded,intricate lattice around the hand painted elaborate exotic bird pictures,and insects PLATES ARE 9 1/2 INCHES WIDE,AND 1 1/8 INCH DEEP.SCALLOPED EDGES, HAND PAINTED EXOTIC BIRDS AND INSECTS,LAVISHLY PAINTED LATTICE GILDING .THERE ARE SOME LIGHT GILD LOSS ON EACH PLATE AND SOME FADED AREAS ON THE DESIGNED SNAKE LIKE BACKGROUND---SOLD AS IS. PLEASE USE THE ZOOM OPTION TO LOOK AT EACH PICTURE THESE WILL BE PACKED WITH THE MOST OF CARE,AND FULLY INSURED SHIPPING AND SIGNATURE. RETURNS ARE ACCEPTED----ONLY IF GROSSLY NEGLIGENT IN DESCRIPTION.AND NOT AS DESCRIBED. STANDS NOT INCLUDED PLATE # 1 WITH GOLD ANCHOR MARK ON BACK ALSO HAS NO GILDING ON OUTER RIM ON BACK,LIKE THE OTHERS.THEY ARE ALL HAND PAINTED,INDIVIDUALLY. SALE ENDS SOON !!!!