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The cylindrical cup has a "bamboo" style handle. It has a very thin body, but no foot ring. It has a finely potted white ground hand painted with polychrome enamels in free form floral butterfly design with gilded edges.
demitasses
teacups
enameling
gilding
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
hard paste porcelain
porcelain
figure- and animal-derived motifs
butterflies
floral patterns
Porcelain
Gilded
Enameled
Painted
Floral
Butterfly
TEACUP
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
Japan
2 (H) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.122A
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