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Spoon
German
King's period
after 1763
Object Place: Dresden, Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: L. 4"
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.753
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionOne of a pair of spoons (see 51.752). Scroll handles, gold and white with sheep on tip; shell bowls, gilded edges, flowers inside; blue backs with gold flowers and dots in rays. No marks.
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)