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Coffeepot
Chinese export
about 1780-1800
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, colored enamels
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.838a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionCoffee pot with straight tapering sides & angled spout, reeded double strap handle with applied flowers on body; flat cover with bud finial (not matching). Dotted guilloche with stars between lines in blue on rim. Eagle-shield with script monogram "NEA" and trumpeting angel flying above on each side. Cover has stars on blue band & wavy line of mulberry dots.
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)