A Chelsea fable-decorated octagonal teapot and a cover
CIRCA 1753
Details
A Chelsea fable-decorated octagonal teapot and a cover Circa 1753
Painted in the manner of Jefferyes Hammett O'Neale with the fable of The Fox and the Leopard, the slightly domed cover with flower finial and painted with two flower-sprays within a brown-line rim (teapot extensively broken and repaired)
5 1/8in. (13cm.) high overall (2)
Lot Essay
A vase with this design painted in reverse is illustrated by Margaret Legge, Flowers and Fables, A Survey of Chelsea Porcelain 1745-69, pl. 94.