AN AMERICAN MARKET CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN LARGE 'COWPOX' TEABOWL AND SAUCER
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
From a unique tea service made for Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse, who brought to the United States the use of cowpox vaccine to fight smallpox, each painted with a roundel of a cow after an 1801 medical booklet and a gilt-line rim
6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) diameter, the saucer
AN AMERICAN MARKET CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN LARGE 'COWPOX' TEABOWL AND SAUCER
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
From a unique tea service made for Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse, who brought to the United States the use of cowpox vaccine to fight smallpox, each painted with a roundel of a cow after an 1801 medical booklet and a gilt-line rim
6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) diameter, the saucer
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