Teacup
Date1750-1752
Artist/Maker
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
(1745-1769)
OriginEngland, London
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsDia: 3 11/16"; H: 2 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1962-47
DescriptionOctagonal, handless cup (tea bowl) with brown line around edge painted in overglaze enamels with "fable decoration" with a scene of "The Lion and the Fox." The lion, his tail extended, is looking over his left shoulder at the crouching fox. A few blue clouds in the sky, green and yellow grass, brown and green trees, blue mountain and lake, and red and black rocks in the foreground. The interior is painted with pink and yellow flowers and a flying insect.Probably raised anchor period.
Label TextThe two figures from the fable "The Fox and the Lion" appear on this tea bowl in the same positions, but closer together in both Barlow and Croxall, the Barlow being a mirror image.
InscribedNo
MarkingsNo
ProvenanceEx coll: Bellamy Gardner, London; M. G. Kaufman, Chicago
1750-1752
1750-1752
1750-1752
1750-1752
1676 (dated)
1750-1752
possibly ca. 1820
1752-1758