English porcelain Chelsea Derby flower vase with birds and butterflies, 19th century
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English porcelain flower vase from Chelsea* Derby (signature with a gilt anchor), decorated with beautiful colored birds in green landscapes with insects and butterflies, upper part in the shape of flowers enhanced with gilt, from the 19th century.
This vase has suffered some damage.
Note: one of the vases has been broken and then glued back together, cracks going through the body, dirt and wear from time, look carefully at the photos with red arrows.
Chelsea porcelain was manufactured from 1745 to 1784 in a factory built by the Fleming Nicholas Sprimont, in partnership with the jeweler Charles Gouyn. The factory produced only soft-paste porcelain. This porcelain production was late compared to what was being done at the time in continental Europe, but Chelsea was the first significant porcelain factory in the United Kingdom. The factory was bought in 1769 by William Duesbury, owner of the Derby factory. The production from this period, in the Neoclassical style, cannot be distinguished from the Derby production. It is known as Chelsea-Derby porcelain.