Porcelain, Pottery and Glass - 30th April 2013
Lot 606
A Chelsea 'Fable' octagonal teabowl c.1752
Estimate £2,500 - £3,500 | Hammer £2800
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Description
A Chelsea 'Fable' octagonal teabowl c.1752, painted by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale with the fable of the Ox and the Toad, with two amphibians seated beside a river, one blowing himself up to rival the brown spotted bull, the interior painted with a small landscape, brown line rim, a 5mm chip to the inside of the rim, 9.2cm.
Cf. Stephen Hanscombe, Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale, p.39, no. 14 for a similar teabowl.