1963.0706.001 Leaf dish, view 2
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Dish (Leaf dish)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Place of Origin:

    Jingdezhen, China, Asia

  • Date:

    1820-1840

  • Materials:

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

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Painted, Enameled, Gilded

  • Museum Object Number:

    1963.0706.001


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1963.0706.001

Object Name

Dish (Leaf dish)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Jingdezhen, China, Asia

Date

1820-1840

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Upper surface, center of reserve; Handwritten in black enamel, Roman letters "PHILADELPHIA"
2. Inscription; Upper surface, center of reserve; Handwritten in black enamel, script letters "Union Line"

Materials

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

Techniques

Molded, Painted, Enameled, Gilded

Dimensions (inches)

1.457 (H) , 7.677 (L) , 5.945 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3.7 (H) , 19.5 (L) , 15.1 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
Published: p. 143
[Catalogue] Chan, Libby Lai-Pak & Wan, Nina. 2018 The Dragon and the Eagle: American Traders in China, A Century of Trade from 1784–1900 (exhib. cat.).
Leaf-shaped dish in same pattern: vol. 1, pp. 380-81, no. 3.27, with notes re the Union Line steamships
[Book] Lee, Jean Gordon. 1984 Philadelphians and the China Trade, 1784-1844. 193.
Orange Fitzhugh part dinner service with Thomson family history: pp. 152-3, no. 144, owned by merchant family active at 129 Market Street, Philadelphia. (Details provided in text.)
[Book] Mudge, Jean McClure. 1986 Chinese Export Porcelain in North America. 300 p.
Fitzhugh pattern and color range: p.211-212, fig. 342
[Book] Howard, David Sanctuary. 1974 Chinese Armorial Porcelain. 1.
"True Fitzhugh" vs. Fitzhugh patterns with history: pp. 50-56, 151-122
[Book] Howard, David Sanctuary. 2003 Chinese Armorial Porcelain. 2.
"True Fitzhugh" vs. Fitzhugh patterns with blue, orange, green and other variations: pp. 510-45
[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
Object with similar design: p. 143 fig. 99
[Book] Esten, John, et al. 1987 Blue & White China: Origins /Western Influences.
Discussion of Fitzhugh and photographs of examples on p. 89
[Book] Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
Published: p. 157 with another leaf dish and platter.