Object Number 1956.0046.114 A, B

Object Name

Dish

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles K. Davis

Place of Origin

Jingdezhen, China, Asia

Date

1795-1805

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Dish (A), upper surface, center of reserve (once); Lid (B), upper surface (twice); Handwritten in black enamel, Roman letters "AUSPICIO.REGIS.ET. SENATUS.ANGLIA"
2. Label; Underside, within footrim; Rectangular, yellowed paper label with a black border and "[typed] Wm. H. PLUMMER & Co., Ltd./NEW YORK CITY/ANTIQUE DEPT./ [handwritten] LOWESTOFT/ARMS OF EAST INDIA CO. /[typed] PERIOD [handwritte] 179[8]" all in black ink.

Subjects

Armorial device; East India Company (British) association; Company arms; English market (Chinese export)

Materials

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

Techniques

Molded, Enameled, Painted, Gilded

Dimensions (inches)

6.437 (H) , 11.319 (L) , 9.823 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

16.35 (H) , 28.75 (L) , 24.95 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Published: p. 29, fig. 1, arms of Honourable East India Company of Great Britain.
[Book] Lu, Zhangshen. 2012 Passion for Porcelain: Masterpieces of Ceramics from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Fruit basket and two dishes with same arms and same(?) enameled border: pp. 110-11, no. 016, c. 1800. "This service came from Fort George in Madras (now Chennai), one of the most important British trading centres in Asia..."
[Book] Le Corbeiller, Clare. 1974 China Trade Porcelain: Patterns of Exchange.
• Two pierced-edge dishes with same arms and border: pp. 120-121, no. 51, c. 1805
[Book] Guedes, Rui. 1995 Companhia das Indias Porcelanas.
• Oval dish from blue and white Honourable East India Company (British/English) service: p. 147, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign, c. 1780
[Book] Brawer, Catharine Coleman. 1992 Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ethel (Mrs. Julius) Liebman and Arthur L. Liebman Porcelain Collection.
• Spode replacement plate with East India Company arms: p. 20, fig. 2, marked "SPODE FELDSPAR PORCELAIN. THE LONDON" (sic), possibly made for Captain John Barnet of The London, after East India Co. warehouse in Guangzhou burned in 1823.
[Book] Veiga, Jorge Getulio. 1989 Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections.
• Oval underglaze blue Chinese export dish with British East India Company arms: p. 34, pl. 12, late 18th-early 19th century.
[Book] Veiga, Jorge Getulio. 1989 Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections.
• Square dish in Chinese export porcelain with arms of British East India Company: p. 25, pl. 11, with gilt and blue enamel border.