- Museum number
- P109.1
P109.2 - Object
- Cup and saucer: The Farmer and the Hawk, Chelsea Porcelain Factory, painted by Jefferyes Hamett O’Neale, soft-paste porcelain, about 1760
- Description
- Teacup (P109.1) and saucer (P109.2). Octagonal. River scenes in colour, butterfly and sprays. Calder's description includes a mention of Aesop's fable "The Farmer and the Hawk".
- Materials
- Pottery - Porcelain
- On display?
- Yes
Further description
- Simple name
- cup
saucer - Dimensions
- regular: 7.0cm (w)
Cup and saucer: The Farmer and the Hawk
Chelsea Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain, about 1760
Painted by Jefferyes Hamett O’Neale
P109
Bequest of James Calder, 1944
This porcelain cup and saucer by the Chelsea factory is decorated with scenes of animals taken from Aesop’s Fables. This famous collection of moral stories is credited to Aesop, an ancient Greek slave and story teller. They were popularised in the seventeenth century by the French poet Jean de la Fontaine (1621–1695).
The Farmer and the Hawk
A hawk was chasing a dove when he was captured by a farmer. The hawk begged the farmer to let him go; ‘I haven’t done anything to hurt you,’ he said. The farmer replied ‘And that dove hadn’t done anything to hurt you either.’
It is right to punish people who try to harm those who are innocent.
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