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Tea caddy
Made at: Lowestoft Manufactory (England)
English
about 1770
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
8.73 x 6.82 cm (3 7/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.761
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionOctagonal, fluted sides, narrow patterned borders in blue, almost flat shoulder to upright collar (cover missing). Blue sprigs on shoulder. Marked: crude S in blue on bottom.
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)