Platter

about 1750

Object PlaceChina for export

Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain with colored enamels and gilding

DimensionsOverall (tray): 5.5 x 38.5 x 27.5 cm (2 3/16 x 15 3/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

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

Accession number51.925c

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

InscriptionsArms of Leopold II, Duke of Anhalt

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)