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Dish

Made at: Chelsea Manufactory (England, active 1745–1784)
Decorated by: Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale (Irish, active in England 1734–1801)
English
about 1753
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions Height x diameter: 31.1 × 5.1 cm (12 1/4 × 2 in.)
Credit Line Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number60.1528
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionDish with lobed rim with puce line on edge. Scene in well with scalloped border depicts a sculpture on pedestal of Hercules and Antaeus, inscribed "oneall."
Marks Marks: red anchor on bottom.
InscriptionsOn the underside: a large rectangular paper label with 'Rare & antique specimen of old Chelsea china painted in allegorical subject of Hercules + one of his seven labors'
Another circular paper label with 'Chelsea England 1760'
A small rectangular paper label of the Katz Collection: 'C-1755' and 'No. C-75'