Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, An 18th-Century Allegorical Group of Europe

England, 1750-1769 factory gilt anchor mark, hand-painted and gilt porcelain allegorical grouping of a crowned woman holding a staff in her right hand and a monopteros in her left, standing above a recumbent white horse on a rocaille base.

10 5/8 x 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.

From the Collection of Josephine Chapman Borthwick, Pinehurst, North Carolina

Literature: Dictionary of Marks-Pottery and Porcelain by Ralph M. and Terry H. Kovel, page 147, figure (e).

Break and repair with restoration to horse's left front leg; loss to one flower at foot of woman; faint hairline to underside and firing hairline to horses hind quarters.