Object Number 1963.0815.006

Object Name

Coffee cup (Chocolate cup)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Jingdezhen, China, Asia

Secondary Place of Origin

Canton (or Guangzhou), China, Asia

Secondary Origin Notes

Decorated in Canton.

Date

1790-1810

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)

2.795 (H) , 3.228 (L) , 2.402 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

7.1 (H) , 8.2 (L) , 6.1 (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: p.87-94.
[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.