tea-bowl;
saucer;
tea-cup;
cup
- Museum number
- 1887,0307,II.76
- Description
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Tea-cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain; octagonal; handleless; painted in colours with landscapes and fables, the Wolf and the Lamb and the Lion and the Frog; detached sprays on saucer and small landscapes inside the cup covering defects in the glaze,rims painted brown.
- Production date
- 1752-1753 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 5.40 inches (saucer)
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Diameter: 13.60 centimetres
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Height: 5.50 centimetres (cup)
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Height: 2.20 inches (cup)
- Curator's comments
- In set with 1854,1106.1
In set with 1887,0307,II.78
For a detailed discussion of these fable scenes on Chelsea porcelain painted by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale, see Hanscombe, Stephen, 2010. Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale: China Painter and Illustrator (d.1801), London.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2003, BM, London 1753, cat.5.38
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Æsop's Fables
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Associated Title: The Wolf and The Lamb
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Associated Title: The Lion and The Frog
- Acquisition date
- 1887
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1887,0307,II.76