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DEACESSIONED April 25, 2013
Platter
Chinese Export
about 1780
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain, overglaze enamels
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.794
DescriptionChinese for export, for Spanish market. Elliptical, flaring rim, slightly depressed center, flat unglazed bottom. Green & gold dentate border on scalloped edge, garlands on rim. Crowned arms in flat & cannon cartouche. Set with 1723-8.41.
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, Deaccession Date: April 24, 2013)