6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Pewter
18th centuryFrenchMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with dark green enamel over crackled glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseSilver
17th-18th centuryAmericanGray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
3rd-1st century BCEChineseHard-paste porcelain with monochrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanCeramic
19th centuryJapaneseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red, green, yellow, and gold enamels; with cursorily written underglaze cobalt-blue mark possibly reading "Wan Fu Yu Tong" on the base
16th centuryChinese
Bizen-type ware; reddish stoneware with incised and combed decoration and with three bands of oxidized silver-foil embellishment
20th centuryJapaneseFritware painted with blue (cobalt) and brown (chromium) under clear alkali glaze
17th centuryTerracotta
HellenisticSilver
18th centuryBritish