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Made at: Longton Hall Manufactory (England)
English
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions 19.37 cm (7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number1988.873
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionSquare in section. Tapering body on molded base with scalloped edge, concave neck, molded rim. All over powder-blue ground with shaped reserves on two sides for Chinese garden and landscape in blue. Modeled grapevines, grapes and squirrels on shoulders. Traces of gilding. Unmarked. One of a pair, with 1988.874
Marks Unmarked
ProvenanceBy 1972, Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz [see note 1]; 1988, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz. (Accession date: November 30, 1988)

NOTES:
[1] From December 27, 1972, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.