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Coffee cup (Chocolate cup)
1790-1810
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1959.0085.064
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer
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Object Number
1959.0085.064
Object Name
Coffee cup (Chocolate cup)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Secondary Place of Origin
Canton (or Guangzhou); China; Asia
Secondary Origin Notes
Decorated in Canton.
Date
1790-1810
Subject(s)
- 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)
2.559 (H) x 3.465 (L) x 2.52 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
6.5 (H) x 8.8 (L) x 6.4 (Diam)
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. 87-94Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1984 New York and the China Trade. 142 p.
• Similar pieces, c19-c20, p. 91Book: 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. 40Book: 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. 145Book: 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.