Beschreibung:

Lots 22 to 36 A single owner collection of 'Chelsea Toys' The following 15 lots were collected by Hugh Marsham Townshend (1878-1967). They comprise mainly of ‘Chelsea Toys’, which include scent bottles and bonbonnieres. The Chelsea Porcelain, works was founded in the 1740s and many of the ‘toys’ were accepted as being by this factory. However, in the 1920s, another source was suggested - the short-lived ‘Girl in a Swing’ factory is now thought to also have produced a large number of, these ‘toys’. The books referred to are important works in this field, but there can be some doubt as to which factory produced which item. The collection comes with an interesting list, compiled in 1961, noting who they were bought from and, referenced to one of the books. (Please note that not all of the items on the list are in the sale). Sources include some of the major porcelain dealers of the 1940s and 50s. The Irwin Untermyer Collection is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. Condition reports can be found on our website, www.sworder.co.uk A 'Girl in a Swing' type gold-mounted porcelain scent bottle, modelled as a man playing a mandolin by a flowering tree, a dog lying beside him, the double bird stopper, with chain, the concave base painted with flowers within a green leaf border. 9.5cm Provenance: Mannheim, 1950s. Literature: Irwin Untermyer Collection, plate 73, fig. 107.