A Chelsea 'Fable' octagonal teabowl c.1750-52

A Chelsea 'Fable' octagonal teabowl c.1750-52, painted by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale with the Lion and the Mouse in a continuous landscape, the unfortunate amphibian flattened before the roaring beast, the interior painted with scattered flower sprays, brown line rim, broken and riveted, 9cm.

Cf. Stephen Hanscombe, Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale, p.43, no.20 for a teacup with the same decoration.