Rare English Chelsea Rococo Snowball Style Soft Paste Porcelain Covered Urn pillar top diminutive

diminutive

Width 117 Depth 21 Height 13 inches

with mortise

Firebox: Width 55 Height 38 inches

Rare English Chelsea Rococo Snowball Style Soft Paste Porcelain Covered Urn pillar top diminutiveDETAILS This antique, porcelain covered urn is attributed to Chelsea, and may have been part of a garniture set. It is crafted in the style Meissen's snowball blossom (German: Schneeballen) decoration. It displays the soft paste body and the opaque glaze associated with Chelsea; the first English factory to make porcelain. It features applied florettes that imitate the work of the Dresden factories, along with vining, red berries. It is a rare