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Mug
Chinese export
about 1750-70
Object Place: So-called "Lowestoft"
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: H. 0.12
Credit Line
Gift of Dudley Leavitt Pickman
Accession Number34.1371
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionCylindrical mug with scroll handle. Decorated in gray and gold with floral designs on sides in colored enamels. Coat of arms on front with two conjoined St. Andrew's crosses and the motto "Vita Omnium Brevis"; crest with winged crown and two St. Andrew's crosses. Spear-head border in gold around rim of mug.
ProvenanceBy 1928, Dudley Leavitt Pickman (b. 1850 - d. 1938), Boston [see note]; 1934, gift of Dudley Leavitt Pickman to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 6, 1934)
NOTE: First lent to the MFA on December 8, 1928.
NOTE: First lent to the MFA on December 8, 1928.