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Tea bowl and saucer
Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
about 1721–1735
Object Place: Europe, Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Tea bowl: 5 cm (1 15/16 in.); Saucer: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Wales
Accession Number95.285a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionOctagonal form; decorated with Japanese figures in Kakiemon style.
Marks
Underglaze blue caduceus mark on both cup and saucer
Incised Johanneum mark: "N = 354 / W" on both cup and saucer
Incised Johanneum mark: "N = 354 / W" on both cup and saucer
InscriptionsRectangular gummed label: Loaned by G. W. Wales. No. 194" on saucer
Shield-shaped gummed label [of G. W. Wales]: "112. Old Dresden" on cup
Shield-shaped gummed label [of G. W. Wales]: "112. Old Dresden" on cup
ProvenanceSold by a "Miss Beale" [see note] to George Washington Wales (b. 1895 - d. 1896) and Maria Dow Wales (b. 1816 - d. 1912), Boston; 1895, gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Wales to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 28, 1895)
NOTE: Probably a family member; George Washington Wales descended from the Beale family on both paternal and maternal lines.
NOTE: Probably a family member; George Washington Wales descended from the Beale family on both paternal and maternal lines.