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Dish
Chinese Export
about 1780-1800
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions
3.49 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.919
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionProbably from a condiment set. Deep, irregular shape, fluted on outer surfaces. For the French market. Gilt ornament on rim, sprigs of flowers in sides, blue & gilt & ermine mantling with quartered shield of arms of Le Mesurier and crest of birds. [Seven dishes lent in 1941; one was accessioned in 1951.
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)