THE PROPERTY OF A CONTINENTAL LADY
A Chelsea fable-decorated octagonal coffee-cup and a saucer
CIRCA 1750
细节
A Chelsea fable-decorated octagonal coffee-cup and a saucer
Circa 1750
The cup with elaborate scroll handle, painted in the manner of Jefferyes Hammett O'Neal with the fable of the Lion and the Mouse, the interior with a flower-spray and an insect; the saucer with the fable of the Fox and Grapes within an iron-red double-line circular cartouche, the well with three flower-sprays, beneath brown-line rims (slight sanding to handle and rim of cup)
The cup 2¼in. (6cm.) high, the saucer 4 7/8in. (12.cm.) wide
Circa 1750
The cup with elaborate scroll handle, painted in the manner of Jefferyes Hammett O'Neal with the fable of the Lion and the Mouse, the interior with a flower-spray and an insect; the saucer with the fable of the Fox and Grapes within an iron-red double-line circular cartouche, the well with three flower-sprays, beneath brown-line rims (slight sanding to handle and rim of cup)
The cup 2¼in. (6cm.) high, the saucer 4 7/8in. (12.cm.) wide
来源
For the cup:
Gervas Huxley, Esq., C.M.G., sold in these Rooms, 18 May 1954, lot 37. Hurlbutt Collection.
Malcaster Collection.
For both cup and saucer:
Anon., sale in these Rooms, 22 May 1962, lot 131.
Gervas Huxley, Esq., C.M.G., sold in these Rooms, 18 May 1954, lot 37. Hurlbutt Collection.
Malcaster Collection.
For both cup and saucer:
Anon., sale in these Rooms, 22 May 1962, lot 131.
出版
Gervas Huxley, Tea in Porcelain (1952) (for the cup).
展览
Chelsea China Exhibition, Royal Hospital Chelsea, June-July 1951
(the cup).
English Ceramic Circle Exhibition, 1948, No. 221.
The Chelsea China Exhibition, ibid., No. 5.
The Tea Centre, September 1952
(the saucer).
(the cup).
English Ceramic Circle Exhibition, 1948, No. 221.
The Chelsea China Exhibition, ibid., No. 5.
The Tea Centre, September 1952
(the saucer).