Object Number 2014.0016.189.001

Object Name

Plate (Dessert plate)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Daniel and Serga Nadler

Place of Origin

Canton (or Guangzhou), Guangdong, South China, China, Asia

Date

1842-1844

Subjects

Cuban market (Chinese export); Spanish market (Chinese export)

Materials

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

Techniques

Molded, Painted, Enameled, Gilded

Dimensions (inches)

0.886 (H) , 7.913 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.25 (H) , 20.1 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Daniel Nadler measurement: 20 cm D 9.500

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Nadler, Daniel. 2001 China to Order: Focusing on the XIXth Century and Surveying Polychrome Export Porcelain, Produced During the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1908.
• Published: pp. 137-38, 140, no. 149, "Ignacio Herrera, Spanish Governor of Cuba, was elevated to the rank of Marques...he ordered from Canton in 1843 a ...service, decorated with his new crest" (no. 149), title translating as "Excellency Senor Marques de Almend[a]res" (p140).