Two Pots
Tea Bowl and Saucer
1749-1752 (made)
1749-1752 (made)
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Tea bowl and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, each octagonal in shape.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Two Pots (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Tea bowl and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, and the saucer is painted with Aesop's fable of the Two Pots, painted by J.H. O'Neale, made by Chelsea Porcelain factory, London, 1749-1752. |
| Physical description | Tea bowl and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, each octagonal in shape. |
| Marks and inscriptions | An anchor (In relief on an applied oval medallion) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber at Walker's sale, Sotheby's, for £13 in March 1873 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Literary reference | Aesop's Fables |
| Other number | Sch. I 172 &A - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:385/&A-1885 |
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| Record created | December 17, 2008 |
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