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Fruit basket on pedestal
Possibly by: Samson Manufactury (French (Paris))
French
Probably late 19th or early 20th century
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Porcelain
Dimensions
20.64 cm (8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.775a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionBased on a Chinese export porcelain model. Tall pedestal, irregular trunk, painted waves (?) at base, flowers & applied roses. Two child-figures with salmon drapery clinging at top. Separate elliptical deep dish, with small bezel, lattice pierced sides flower painted, and flowers in center. Mate to 1683.41.
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)