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Made at: Charles Gouyn's Factory (St. James, London, working around 1747–1760)
Formerly known as: Girl-in-a-Swing Manufactory
Designed and manufactured by: Charles Gouyn (French (active in London), about 1736–1770)
English
about 1752
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions 6.99 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Richard C. Paine
Accession Number30.319
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionFluted, without handles. Yellow ground decorated with flowers and insects in natural colors. Unmarked.
ProvenanceBy 1924, Alfred E. Hutton, London; by 1930, Richard C. Paine (b. 1893 - d. 1966), Boston; 1930, gift of Richard C. Paine to the MFA. (Accession date: April 3, 1930)