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Tea bowl and saucer

Made at: Longton Hall Manufactory (England)
English
18th century
about 1755
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions Overall: 4cm (1 9/16in.)
Other (cup): 7.7cm (3 1/16in.)
Other (Saucer): 1.9 x 11.2cm (3/4 x 4 7/16in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Janet M. Wolfson
Accession Number1982.30a-b
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionSoft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue with oriental landscape and x-shaped fence under a roof. Unmarked. Condition: b. four chips on saucer foot rim. Set with 1982.31-.32.
ProvenanceShreve, Crump and Low, Boston; December 20,1960, purchased by Janet M. Wolfson, Brookline, MA; bequest of Janet M. Wolfson to the MFA in 1982 (Accession Date: January 13, 1982)