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A still life oil on canvas painting by Frederick Roberts Johnson (1900–1986). It features a Chinese blue and white vase filled with chrysanthemum flowers, placed in front of a chinoiserie-themed wall hanging. Unframed. In terms of provenance, the painting came directly from the artist's private estate (the painting is unsigned).
 
Frederick Roberts Johnson was a successful British commercial artist and illustrator. In 1924 he and his close friend, artist Arthur Wragg visited Polperro in Cornwall, and became enamored with the fishing village. They rented a cottage there each summer throughout the 1930s, becoming an integral part of its arts community. Johnson then acquired an old stone net loft in the village for use as a studio. His illustrations featured prominently in publications such as Punch, Everyman, and Time and Tide, as well as in advertisements that appeared on London Buses and the Underground.
 
In 1942 he married Mimosa Wilson Cameron, an aspiring opera singer whom he met in Polperro. They settled in the village raising two daughters there. In 1957, the family moved to Totnes but maintained a property in Polperro for use at weekends and holidays.