RARE !!! A 19th century hand-painted English Chelsea porcelain cake/tart dish Refined decoration with wading bird and insects, gilding English Chelsea-Derby* porcelain dish with rich decoration of colorful birds (wading bird) among insects and lush vegetation, marli decorated with floral garlands and gilding, signed with an anchor, from the 19th century.

This plate is in very good condition considering its age.

Note a very small chip on the edge, see chipped photo. It is signed below.

Measurements: 28.5 cm in diameter * Chelsea porcelain was manufactured from 1745 to 1784 in a factory built by the Flemish Nicholas Sprimont, associated with the jeweler Charles Gouyn.

The factory only produced soft 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 of this period, in neoclassical style, cannot be distinguished from the production of Derby.

It is called Chelsea-Derby porcelain.

Measurements: 28.5 cm in diameter