Object Number 1956.0046.053

Object Name

Plate

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles K. Davis

Place of Origin

Jingdezhen, China, Asia

Date

1790-1810

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside, within footrim; Square, yellowed paper label with a black border "[typed] Wm. H. PLUMMER & Co., Ltd/ NEW YORK CITY/ ANTIQUE DEPT./ [handwritten] NEW YORK STATE/ LOWESTOFT/ [typed] PERIOD [handwritten] c. 1790" all in black ink.

Subjects

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

Materials

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

Techniques

Molded, Enameled, Gilded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

0.866 (H) , 7.717 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.2 (H) , 19.6 (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] 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.
•
[Book] Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Similar border and central decoration, p. 514 fig. 223
[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.