Beaker
The Chelsea factory often used illustrations drawn from Aesop’s Fables to decorate porcelain in the early 1750s. Much of the best painting of Fable scenes was executed by Jefferyes Hammet O’Neale, to whom the decoration of these pieces is attributed.
Artwork Details
- Title: Beaker
- Manufactory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744–1784)
- Decorator: Attributed to Jefferyes Hammett O'Neale (British)
- Date: ca. 1752–55
- Culture: British, Chelsea
- Medium: Soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions: Height (teapot .445a, b): 5 in. (12.7 cm); Diameter (waste bowl .446): 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Width (cups .447, .448): 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Diameter (saucers .449, .450): 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
- Object Number: 64.101.451
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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