A Chelsea ‘fable’ octagonal tea bowl

A Chelsea octagonal tea bowl, finely painted in coloured enamels by Jefferyes Hammet O'Neale with the fable of The Fox and the Grapes, with the fox in a landscape with a cottage, stretching to reach grapes from a tree, the reverse and interior painted with a flower, brown line rim, 3 3/8" wide, circa 1753-54, stilt marks
Provenance; Irish Private Collection

Exhibited and Illustrated; Stephen Hanscombe, Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale, number 15

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