1963.0778.001 Porcelain Cream or Milk Jug side 1
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Cream or milk jug (Helmet pitcher, cream or milk pot)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Place of Origin:

    Jingdezhen, China, Asia

  • Date:

    1790-1810

  • Materials:

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

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Enameled, Gilded, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1963.0778.001


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Object Number

1963.0778.001

Object Name

Cream or milk jug (Helmet pitcher, cream or milk pot)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Jingdezhen, China, Asia

Date

1790-1810

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Body, exterior, below pouring spout; Painted in gilded, script letters "GDG" or "JDL"
2. Inscription; Body, exterior, below pouring spout; Handwritten in gilded, Roman letters "EXCELSIOR"

Subjects

New York State Coat of Arms; Armorial device; American themed ceramics; American market (Chinese manufacture)

Materials

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

Techniques

Molded, Enameled, Gilded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

5.394 (H) , 6.811 (L) , 3.504 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.7 (H) , 17.3 (L) , 8.9 (W)

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, c 22, p. 92
[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] Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
Similar piece, p. 41
[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] Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
Similar border and central decoration, p. 514 fig. 224
[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.