A rare Chelsea tea bowl

A rare Chelsea fluted tea bowl, finely painted in puce camaieu by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale with a continuous battle scene, with mounted figures in a landscape with classical ruins, the interior painted with a flower, puce line rim, 2 1/2" high, circa 1753-54, painted red anchor mark

Provenance: With Simon Spero, February 1992

Illustrated: Stephen Hanscombe, Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale, 2010, figure 62

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