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Man, woman, and child under flowered tree

Made at: Chelsea Manufactory (England, active 1745–1784)
English
1759–70
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions 15.88 cm (6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Richard C. Paine
Accession Number30.338
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionA family group seated under a red flowered tree. Man seated on white gold rimmed barrel, with barrel in front of him, dressed in black hat, red coat, pink breeches. Woman, nursing infant in yellow dress, wears green dress with lavendar bodice. Child in brown
Marks Gold anchor
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)