Object Number 1956.0046.110

Object Name

Dish (Cake plate)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles K. Davis

Place of Origin

Jingdezhen, China, Asia

Date

1790-1810

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside; Square, yellowed paper label with a black border "[typed] Wm. H. PLUMMER & Co., Ltd/ NEW YORK CITY/ ANTIQUE DEPT./[handwritten] NY STATE/ COAT OF ARMS/ LOWESTOFT/ [typed] PERIOD [handwritten] 1815" all in black ink
2. Inscription; Upper surface, center of reserve; Painted in gilded, script letters "EF"

Subjects

New York State Coat of Arms; Armorial device; American themed ceramics

Materials

Porcelain (hard-paste); Lime (alkaline) glaze

Techniques

Molded, Enameled, Gilded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

1.299 (H) , 7.953 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3.3 (H) , 20.2 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Howard, David Sanctuary. 1984 New York and the China Trade. 142 p.
• Pseudo Arms of New York State examples and history, pgs. 87-94
[Book] Howard, David Sanctuary. 1984 New York and the China Trade. 142 p.
• Similar piece, p. 94 fig. c30
[Book] Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Discussion of NY coat of arms, p. 40
[Book] Litzenburg, Thomas V. & Bailey, Ann T. 2003 Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University. 288 p.
• Discussion of NY coat of arms, p. 145
[Book] Kerr, Rose & Mengoni, Louisa E. 2011 Chinese Export Ceramics.
• Cream jug with the arms of New York in the V&A collection, p.54, fig.70.