Specimens of Chelsea china are to be found in most collections, both public and private, and, being much sought after, usually produce high prices when offered for sale. It may be well, as a guide to collectors, to quote the prices which have been realised in some few instances. In the Bernal collection were the following:-- A pair of oval Dishes, crimson borders, painted with birds, butterflies, and fruit, sold for thirteen guineas. A pair of beautiful globular scalloped Vases and covers, deep blue, painted with exotic birds with pierced borders and covers of the highest quality, were bought by Mr. Addington for £110 5_s._ An imperfect (chipped) Cup and Saucer, with festoons raised in white, sold for a guinea. Another Cup and Saucer, with flowers and crimson drapery edge, sold for three guineas and a half. A beautiful two-handled Cup and Saucer, with medallions of Cupids in pink, and striped gold sides, realised twenty-one pounds. An Ecuelle, cover, and stand, with pink scalloped edges, and delicately painted sprigs of flowers, sold for £27 6_s._ At the sale of the late Queen Charlotte’s collection, the Chelsea porcelain realised in many instances very exorbitant prices. At the Strawberry Hill sale a pair of cups of the famed claret colour, without saucers, enriched with figures of gold, sold for 25 guineas. Another pair, blue, with gold figures, sold for 17 guineas; and a similar pair, with groups of flowers on a ground of gold, made £11 6_s._ At the sale of the Angerstein collection a pair of bleu-de-roi vases, with paintings, were bought by Lord Kilmory for 100 guineas. Another pair, pink and gold ground, with paintings, and with open-work lips, realised 142 guineas. A single vase and cover, from Queen Charlotte’s collection, sold for 106 guineas; and a pair of splendid globular vases and covers, with paintings of Bathsheba and Susanna, realised 203 guineas. [Illustration: Fig. 376.--Vase formerly in the Foundling Hospital.] In the British Museum are some good examples of Chelsea porcelain, presented to that Institution in 1763; and in the Museum of Practical Geology, in Jermyn Street, are also some excellent specimens, which can be examined by the collector. The Foundling Hospital, until recently, possessed a remarkably fine blue vase, richly gilt and painted, which was presented to that excellent institution in 1763, during the time the works were in the hands of Mr. Spremont, by Dr. Garnier. _Foundling Hospital._--At a Meeting of the Committee, Wednesday, 20 April, 1763, the Treasurer acquainted the Committee that he has received from Dr. Geo. Garnier a fine vase of porcelain, made at Chelsea. _Resolved_,--That the Treasurer be desired to direct that a glass case be made for the safe keeping of the said vase, to be placed in the Committee-room of this hospital.