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Teapot with Cover
Chinese for export
about 1755
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamels and gilding
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.1162a-b
DescriptionGlobular body with straight neck and baseband. Straight spout. Scroll handle. Arms of Seymour, Dukes of Somerset, on each side, flowers between, chain on shoulder. Scroll below with motto "Foy pour devoir". Domed & flanged cover with chain & flowers, pointed gilded knob finial. Set with 51.1163-1176.
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)