Dessert plate: Aesop's Fables

Worcester Manufactory (England)

Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale (Irish, active in England 1734–1801)

about 1770

Medium/TechniqueSoft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels and gold

DimensionsOther (diam): 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection

Accession number65.2146

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ClassificationsCeramics

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Europe

ProvenanceEstate of the late Eli B. Springs. November 19-24, sold at the American Art Association sale, lot 281 as "painted by O'Neale." Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession date: December 24, 1965)