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Tea Bowl and Saucer

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1787-1788

GUSN

GUSN-10736

Description

Small footed tea bowl, painted with profile portrait of Prince William V of Orange with "PWD5" inscribed below him on savor painted "PV OR" on bowl; with polychrome floral decoration.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tea bowls
enamel paint
polychrome
porcelain
commemoratives
Porcelain
Polychrome
Enamel
Commemorative
BOWL, TEA AND SAUCER

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1992.593 A,B

People and Organizations

Prince William of Orange

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

China; Holland

Dimensions

1.5 x 2.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.593

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