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A superb and rare large Chelsea…
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Melbourne
Date:
19-Feb-2024
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A superb and rare large Chelsea Aesops fables oval silver-shaped serving dish painted by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale, with 'The lamb brought up by the goat'. English circa 1752. Provenance: American private collection. Albert Amor Ltd London. Recent Acquisitions Autumn 2020 18/05/2020 (60,000 pounds). Robert Burke collection. Reference: Sotheby's London, The Selwyn Parkinson Collection, 21 June 1966, lot 116, for a Chelsea small dish painted by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale with this Fable, but with the composition reversed. No larger Chelsea Fable dish by O'Neale of this form appears to be recorded. The moral of this Fable is to trust your parents over your enemy. A dish of the same model painted with a different fable sold Christies London 14 May 2003 Lot 244. (Estimated at 15,000-20,000 pounds, but sold for 47,800 pounds), 38.5 cm wide, 31 cm high
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Ceramics: Zother - 18th Century British