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Teapot
Formerly attributed to: Whieldon Factory (England)
English
about 1760
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Creamware
Dimensions
11.43 x 7.94 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation
Accession Number51.755a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionHexagonal, straight sides, curving shoulder, narrow neckband. Curved spout & scroll handle, modeled with leaves. Hexagonal domed cover with flower finial. Panels of sides have Chinese figures & birds in relief. Glazed in green, brown & yellow. No. marks.
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)