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Trencher salt

Chinese export
about 1780
Object Place: East Asia, China for export

Medium/Technique Porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions Height x length: 3.2 × 10 cm (1 1/4 × 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.1086
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionOne of a pair of trencher salts (see 51.1085). Chinese for export. Slightly slanting sides, flat rim & very slight depression, with monogram "JVP"
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)