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Cup and Saucer
Chinese for export
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.895a-b
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionChinese for export. Sides curve to small base band. Gold starred blue band with dots & scrolls below inside rim. Shield, enclosing script MAH, supported by Liberty & Justice, bird on cage above, rose ribbon below.
ProvenanceHelena Woolworth McCann (b. 1878 - d. 1938), Syosset, NY; by descent to her children, Constance (Mrs. Joseph V.) McMullan, Helena (Mrs. Winston F. C.) Guest, and Frasier McCann; 1941, lent to the MFA by the children of Mrs. McCann, through the Winfield Foundation, New York; 1951, gift of the Winfield Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 10, 1951)