Object Number 1956.0038.053

Object Name

Coffee cup (Chocolate cup)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Place of Origin

Jingdezhen, China, Asia

Date

1790-1810

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Body, exterior, opposite handle; Painted in gilded script letters "GDG"
2. Inscription; Body, exterior, opposite handle; Painted in gilded, Roman letters "EXCELSIOR"

Subjects

New York State Coat of Arms; Armorial device; American themed ceramics

Materials

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

Techniques

Thrown, Molded, Enameled, Gilded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

2.756 (H) , 3.661 (L) , 2.795 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

7 (H) , 9.3 (L) , 7.1 (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, pgs. 87-94
[Book] Howard, David Sanctuary. 1984 New York and the China Trade. 142 p.
• Similar pieces, p. 91, figs. c19 - c20
[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] 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.