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Bowl (Punch bowl)
1794
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1959.0149
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.0149
Object Name
Bowl (Punch bowl)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1794
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Exterior
Inscription: Enamel painted "GEORGE WASHINGTON" on ship's stern nameboard, a motto "IN GOD WE HOPE," a shield with mantling initialed "HS,"
Type: Inscription
Location: Interior
Inscription: Enamel painted "Henry Smith/ Canton/ 1794"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Maritime
- Great Seal of US
- American eagle
- American themed ceramics
- American market (Chinese manufacture)
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
6.614 (H) x 15.945 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
16.8 (H) x 40.5 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Published: p.126, pl. 14, identified Smith as purchaser of the bowl.Book: Hervouet, Francois, et al. 1986 La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a Decor Occidental.
• Published: p. 45, no. 2.27Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 01//2002 'Drink Fair Dont Swear': Winterthur's punch bowls and punch drinking in America. Antiques. 176-183.
• Published: pls. VIII-VIIIb.Article: Sharpe, Elisabeth. 01//1991 Chinese export porcelain with the arms of Rhode Island. Antiques. 246-255.
• Published: pp. 246-7, pls. I, II, IIa-cBook: Mudge, Jean McClure. 1981 Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade, 1785-1835. 304 p.
• Published: p. 112, figure 40a-eBook: Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Published: p. 112-113.Catalogue: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Teabowl from the Henry Smith service: March 28, 2010, lot 857, c. 1794.Book: Lange, Amanda E. 2005 Chinese Export Art at Historic Deerfield.
• Platter with very similar ornament, not yet linkable to Henry Smith (name on Winterthur bowl): pp. 254-55, no. 107. Notes Smith teaset at Rhode Island School of Design.Book: Sargent, William R. 2012 Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics at the Peabody Essex Museum.
• Coffee cup and saucer from same service: p. 411, no. 224, 1796-97.