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Trencher Salt

Chinese export
Object Place: East Asia, China for export

Medium/Technique Porcelain
Dimensions 3.02 x 10.32 cm (1 3/16 x 4 1/16 in.)
Credit Line The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.915
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionChinese for export. Trencher salt with elliptical, slightly flaring sides, molded base, everted rim, shallow depression. Orange with gold & purple leaves on sides; orange & gold on rim, purple & gold wreath & leaves in center. Pair with 51.914.
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)