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The Anchor and the Bow: Chelsea Porcelain Marks, 1745 to 1769

A small Chelsea cup, decorated with a kingfisher on a branch, was offered at Bonhams last March with a presale estimate of seven hundred pounds. The single mark on its underside — a small red anchor, no more than three millimetres tall — pushed the eventual hammer price to eleven thousand.

Hester Lloyd · May 12, 2026