Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Scalloped Dish, "Lion and the Four Bulls" Fable Pattern

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1770

MediumPorcelain

DimensionsOverall: 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Henry Clay Hofheimer, II

Object number94.41.25

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 1

DescriptionA Worcester scalloped deep dish painted in the manner of Jeffereys Hammett O'Neale with the fable of the "Lion and the Four Bulls" reserved on a deep blue ground. Also gilt with leaf and trelliswork panels within C-scrolls, scattered leafy sprigs and a dentil-edged rim.

Label TextWorcester Porcelain Manufactory Worcester, England (1751-1783) Scalloped Deep Dish, ca. 1770 Painted in the manner of Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale (ca. 1734-1801), with the fable of the "Lion and the Four Bulls" Porcelain Gift of Henry Clay Hofheimer II 94.41.25 Born around 1734, Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale was an Irish artist and miniaturist of note. His work at Worcester is remarkable, not only because signed examples make it possible to identify his work, but also because the quality and originality of his painting is so high. Probably part of a large dessert service, this dish is the first work by the artist to enter the Museum's collection. Edited By: GLYExhibition History"Treasures for the Community: The Chrysler Collects, 1989-1996," October 25,1996 - February 16, 1997 "Reopening of the Joan P. Brock Galleries," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Opening in March of 2008.