The Fox, the Dog and the Cock
Plate
ca. 1753-1755 (made)
ca. 1753-1755 (made)
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The metalwork shape of this dish reveals it to be the design of the silversmith Nicholas Sprimont. He was the proprietor of the Chelsea factory. Such expensive dishes were made for light use as dessert services. They also had a secondary role as display objects. J. H. O'Neale decorated the dish with one of the ever-popular Aesop's Fables.
Object details
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| Title | The Fox, the Dog and the Cock (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded decoration in relief |
| Brief description | Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded in relief, probably modelled by Nicholas Sprimont, painted by J.H. O'Neale, Chelsea, ca. 1753-1755. |
| Physical description | Plate of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and moulded in relief, with a scene from Aesop's fable The Fox, the Dog and the Cockrepresented as a landscape with a river and mountains, and the rim is moulded with shell ornament and painted with detached flowers. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Probably modelled by Nicholas Sprimont, and painting by J.H.O'Neale. Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Nixon 'from the Marryat Collection', for £3 in January 1869 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Literary reference | Aesop's Fables |
| Summary | The metalwork shape of this dish reveals it to be the design of the silversmith Nicholas Sprimont. He was the proprietor of the Chelsea factory. Such expensive dishes were made for light use as dessert services. They also had a secondary role as display objects. J. H. O'Neale decorated the dish with one of the ever-popular Aesop's Fables. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X |
| Other number | Sch. I 170 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:352-1885 |
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| Record created | November 26, 2002 |
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