The Sir Bruno Welby Collection of Porcelain - 6th February 2025
Lot 1686
An early Chelsea octagonal teabowl, c.1750-52, painted by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale with the fable of
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £9324
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Description
An early Chelsea octagonal teabowl, c.1750-52, painted by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale with the fable of The Ape and the Fox, the two creatures regarding each other in a continuous landscape with birds in flight above, the interior of the bowl with an archway, column and buildings beside water, raised anchor mark, 6.7cm dia.
Illustrated: Stephen Hanscombe, Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale, p.31, pl.1. Hanscombe discusses the similarity of the teabowl's interior scene to buildings on a Chinese teapot in the Victoria and Albert Museum, and another illustrated in his catalogue (no. 85).