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1700-1830
GUSN-316958
Twenty-two piece Chinese export tea service consisting of teapot and lid, caddy and lid, cream pot and lid, two waste dishes, four teabowls and saucers, five saucers, seven handled cups and saucers, and one bowl. Polychrome hand painted underglaze with design of a beribboned vase of flowers and leaves. Rims of vessels decorated with network bands interspersed with rosebuds.
tea services
porcelain
Service, Tea
Service, Tea
Original To Nickels-Sortwell House (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
China
Bequest of Frances Sortwell
1958.228.1-.22
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