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Plate
Chinese export
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain, enamel decoration, gilding
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.866
OUT ON LOAN
On display at The Parkman House, since June 13, 1973
On display at The Parkman House, since June 13, 1973
DescriptionOne of a pair of plates (see 51.867). Chinese for export. Scalloped rim, slight impressed scrolls, gilt edge & fret design. Polychromed fruit & flowers on rim, large ones in center. (each plate cracked in center). Set with 1186-8.41.
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)