Tea caddy and cover

around 1750

Object PlaceChina for export

Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain, ink-colored enamel, gilding

DimensionsHeight x diameter: 12.9 cm (5 1/16 in.)

Credit LineThe Helena Woolworth McCann Collection—Gift of the Winfield Foundation

Accession number51.801a-b

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ClassificationsCeramics

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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)