Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
Vase with Three Lions

CultureIrish
Titles
  • Vase with Three Lions
Date1768–1770
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsOverall: 19 × 8 1/2 in. (48.3 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, museum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III, by exchange
Object number2003.50.A,.B
Current Location
Rienzi
Foyer
On view

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
Description

The great ceramic decorator Jefferyes O´Neale produced some of the Worcester factory´s most impressive and memorable works. O´Neale is best known for his ceramic pieces decorated with scenes inspired by the English illustrator Francis Barlow´s Aesop´s Fables.


Probably born in Ireland in 1734, by the 1750s he was living in London and working as a china painter at the Chelsea Porcelain Factory. He later moved to Worcester where he worked as an independent decorator. This stunning vase has all the hallmarks of O´Neale´s work: heart-shaped reserves, mauve clouds, faceted rocks, blue mountains, leggy tree canopies and lively animals, all rendered with an illustrator´s whimsy.


Provenance[Brian Haughton Antiques, London]; purchased by MFAH, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Worcester underglazed blue Chinese fret mark on the underside.

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