Lot 58
58
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A CHELSEA FABLE-DECORATED OCTAGONAL SAUCER painted in the manner of Jefferyes Hammett O'Neale with the fable of 'The Lion and the Frog' within a dark-brown and iron-red line circular cartouche, the border painted with a loose bouquet, a flower and scattered insects within a chocolate-brown rim, circa 1752

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A CHELSEA FABLE-DECORATED OCTAGONAL SAUCER painted in the manner of Jefferyes Hammett O'Neale with the fable of 'The Lion and the Frog' within a dark-brown and iron-red line circular cartouche, the border painted with a loose bouquet, a flower and scattered insects within a chocolate-brown rim, circa 1752
Provenance
The Lord Brownlow and the Trustees of the Brownlow Chattels Settlements, Belton House, Lincolnshire, Christie's sale on the premises, 2 May 1984, lot 808 (part)

Lot Essay

For similar treatment of the fable of 'The Lion and the Frog' cf. the saucer sold in these Rooms on 4 March 1968, lot 182 and John C. Austin, op. cit., no. 60 where he notes that the design source is unknown

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