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Teacup and saucer

Possibly made by: Doccia Manufactory (Italy)
Italian
about 1770-1800
Object Place: Europe, Italy

Medium/Technique Porcelain
Dimensions Height x diameter (saucer): 2.4 × 12.9 cm (15/16 × 5 1/16 in.)
Height x width (tea cup): 5.2 × 9.5 × 7.6 cm (2 1/16 × 3 3/4 × 3 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of George Washington Wales
Accession Number03.226a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionBamboo(?) flowers and red cockerels after the Chinese style, painted in iron-red. 03.226-230 belong to a tea service.
Marks No mark.
InscriptionsPaper label: "WALES / Doccia / 919 4c-s / e"
ProvenanceBy 1903, George Washington Wales; Bequest of George Washington Wales to the MFA (Accession date: January 15, 1903).