Chelsea Plates
These plates from the Chelsea manufactory are decorated with botanically accurate plants from the nearby Chelsea Physic Garden. Some of these were drawn from the work of G.D. Ehret (displayed nearby, cat. 183), who illustrated a volume of specimens from the Garden; others seem to be drawn from direct observation of the plants together with the insects which pollinated them.
Purchased by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Cat. 184
Chelsea Porcelain Works [London] (c. 1745-69)
Chelsea Botanical Porcelain c.1755
Soft-paste porcelain | 3.3 x 23.8 cm (diameter) | RCIN 102350
Chelsea Porcelain Works [London] (c. 1745-69)
Chelsea Botanical Porcelain circa 1755
Soft-paste porcelain | 3.0 x 22.3 cm (whole object) | RCIN 102351
Chelsea Porcelain Works [London] (c. 1745-69)
Chelsea Botanical Porcelain c.1755
Soft-paste porcelain | 2.7 x 22.2 cm (diameter) | RCIN 102354
Chelsea Porcelain Works [London] (c. 1745-69)
Chelsea Botanical Porcelain c.1755
Soft-paste porcelain | 3.0 x 22.3 cm (diameter) | RCIN 102359
Chelsea Porcelain Works [London] (c. 1745-69)
Chelsea Botanical Porcelain c.1755
Soft-paste porcelain | 3.6 x 31.6 cm (diameter) | RCIN 102344
Chelsea Porcelain Works [London] (c. 1745-69)
Chelsea Botanical Porcelain c.1755
Porcelain | 5.0 x 30.6 cm (diameter) | RCIN 102347
