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Cup and saucer
about 1790
Object Place: Europe, Italy
Medium/Technique
Porcelain
Dimensions
6.03 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.767a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionCup has curved sides & flaring baseband. Molded scroll handle with double leaf joining at rim. Gold line & design of leaves at rim, seated goddess in yellow skirt with temple in background. Saucer has similar decoration at rim, in center yellow draped female walking toward architectural background, rosebush at right. Each marked in red: RF script monogram crowned, and "Mus. Ercol."
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)