1956.0038.001 Chinese porcelain cup
  • 1956.0038.001 Chinese porcelain cup
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Coffee cup (Coffee can)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Place of Origin:

    Jingdezhen, China, Asia

  • Date:

    1800-1820

  • Materials:

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

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Gilded, Enameled, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1956.0038.001


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1956.0038.001

Object Name

Coffee cup (Coffee can)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Place of Origin

Jingdezhen, China, Asia

Date

1800-1820

Subjects

Landscape

Materials

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

Techniques

Molded, Gilded, Enameled, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

2.795 (H) , 3.622 (W) , 2.598 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

7.1 (H) , 9.2 (W) , 6.6 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Width is diameter plus handle.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hervouet, Francois, et al. 1986 La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a Decor Occidental.
Published: p. 85, no. 4.15
[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
Same decoration on saucer, p. 89, fig. 53
[Book] Fuchs, Ronald W. & Howard, David Sanctuary. 2005 Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. 208 p.
Similarly patterned set of three mugs (2000.0061.071.001-.003): p. 129; references to grisaille palette, p.56.
[Book] Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
Similarly patterned set of three mugs (2000.0061.071.001-.003): p. 197
[Book] Lee, Jean Gordon. 1984 Philadelphians and the China Trade, 1784-1844. 193.
Discusses Morris family porcelain with similar design and illustration of design in Mary Morris' sketchbook. pp. 73-74.
[Book] Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
Information on the decoration, pp. 172-173