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Posset pot with lid

about 1670-1690
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware with chinoiserie decoration in blue underglaze
DimensionsOverall: 19.1 × 21.6 × 17.8 × 14.9 cm (7 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 7 × 5 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Frederick Vogel III and family in loving praise and honor of Anne H. Vogel on the occasion of her 75th birthday
Accession number2016.127a-b
On View
On view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Provenance1950s/1960s, sold by Robin Eden (dealer), Corsham, England, to Bertram Kimball Little (b. 1899 – d. 1993) and Nina Fletcher Little (b. 1903 – d. 1993), Brookline, MA; October 21, 1994, posthumous Little collection sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 492, to Jonathan Horne (dealer), London, for Frederick and Anne Vogel, Milwaukee, WI; 2016, gift of the Vogels to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 27, 2016)



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