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Shallow serving bowl

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1790-1800

GUSN

GUSN-188211

Description

Shallow serving bowl with blue transfer-printed diamond patterned band and spearhead border with "AQ" monogram in shield. Blue and metallic gold hand-painting.

Details

Descriptive Terms

vessels for serving and consuming food
porcelain
Bowl, Serving

Inscription

"AQ" (Gold painted monogram)

Associated Person

Quincy, Abigail Phillips, 1745-1798
Quincy, Edmund, 1903-1997

Associated Building

Josiah Quincy House (Quincy, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

8.2
EQ3

People and Organizations

Metropolitan Moving & Storage

Quincy, Abigail Phillips, 1745-1798
Quincy, Edmund, 1903-1997

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

China

Dimensions

9 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Estate of Edmund Quincy

Accession Number

2009.5.2.3

Places

Lowestoft (Suffolk, England, United Kingdom)

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