A Chelsea hexagonal Fable-decorated teapot and cover c.1752-55

A Chelsea hexagonal Fable-decorated teapot and cover c.1752-55, painted by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale with a depiction of the Lion and the Goat, the latter standing atop a mountain while vultures circle above, the lion the other side of a stream, looking up towards his former adversary, in a continuous landscape scene with brown trees, the cover with similar landscape decoration, the cover and handle with old restoration, 18cm across. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Lady Kate Davson, née Kate Foster (1938-2020).

Exhibited: on display at the Ashmolean Museum between 2009 and 2020.