Boy and girl shelling peas

Chelsea Manufactory (England, active 1745–1784)

1759–69

Object PlaceEngland

Medium/TechniqueSoft-paste porcelain, colored enamels and gilding

DimensionsOverall: 13.3 × 8.9 × 12.7 cm (5 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 5 in.)

Credit LineGift of Richard C. Paine

Accession number30.336

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ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsGummed labels on underside: "Stoner and Evans" (dealers at 3 King Street, London) and "Alfred E. Hutton Collection, No. 143"ProvenanceAlfred E. Hutton (1865-1947), London; with Stoner and Evans, London; by 1930, Richard C. Paine (b. 1893 - d. 1966), Boston; 1930, gift of Richard C. Paine to the MFA. (Accession date: April 3, 1930)