English and European Ceramics and Glass - 16th June 2021
Lot 477
A Chelsea hexagonal Fable-decorated teapot and cover c.1752-55
Estimate £6,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £22000
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Description
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.