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Tea bowl and Saucer

Made at: Longton Hall Manufactory (England)
English
18th century
about 1755
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions 3.81 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Janet M. Wolfson
Accession Number1982.31a-b
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionSoft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue with oriental landscape and x-shaped fence under a roof. Unmarked. Condition: b. two chips on foot rim. Set with 1982.30 and 1982.32
ProvenanceShreve, Crump and Low, Boston; December 20,1960, purchased by Janet M. Wolfson, Brookline, MA; bequest of Janet M. Wolfson to the MFA in 1982 (Accession Date: January 13, 1982)