A rare Chelsea ornithological teabowl, c.1755, finely painted with two penguins after George

A rare Chelsea ornithological teabowl, c.1755, finely painted with two penguins after George Edwards, the reverse with a Red-Breasted Diver, also after George Edwards, the interior with a pink rose spray, red anchor mark, a rim section broken out and restuck, 7.5cm dia.

The penguins are taken from George Edwards' 'Natural History of Uncommon Birds', pl.94.