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DEACESSIONED April 25, 2013

Cream jug

Chinese Export
about 1810
Object Place: East Asia, China for export

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.952
CollectionsEurope, Asia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

Descriptionfor the French market, with coat of arms of Gassot du Deffens en Berri.
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, Deaccession Date: April 24, 2013)