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Quatrefoil Teacup and saucer
Made at: St. Petersburg Manufactory
Possibly decorated by: Andrei Ivanovich Chernov (Russian, working about 1750-1780)
Possibly decorated by: Andrei Ivanovich Chernov (Russian, working about 1750-1780)
Russian
1754
Object Place: Europe, St. Petersburg, Russia
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions
6.98 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson
Accession Number1983.51a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
Marks
Painted in underglaze blue: "1754./ W. [for Winogradov]".
Provenance1964, probably the cup and saucer sold at Sotheby & Co., London, 7 July, lot 42 (as "property of Monsieur Woldemar Wehrlin"); purchased at that sale by Leon Grinberg [see note 1]; by 1965, Thorton R. Wilson (1886-1977); 1965, lent by him to the MFA; 1983, bequest of Thornton R. Wilson to the MFA.
[1] Handwritten note from Errol Manners, E & H Manners, London, to Jeffrey Munger (in curatorial file).
[1] Handwritten note from Errol Manners, E & H Manners, London, to Jeffrey Munger (in curatorial file).