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Bourdaloue (Chamberpot (lady's))
1811-1811
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2014.0016.173 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Daniel and Serga Nadler
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Object Number
2014.0016.173 A, B
Object Name
Bourdaloue (Chamberpot (lady's))
Category
Ceramics - The Daniel and Serga Nadler Collection
Place of Origin
China; Asia
Date
1811-1811
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
7.75 (H) x 4.25 (W) x 10 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
19.685 (H) x 10.795 (W) x 25.4 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: Chan, Libby Lai-Pak & Wan, Nina. 2018 The Dragon and the Eagle: American Traders in China, A Century of Trade from 1784–1900 (exhib. cat.).
• Published: vol. 1, pp. 196-97, no. 2.29; vol. 2, p. 155, fig. 2 and p. 261, fig. 17Catalogue: Sotheby's (auction catalogue).
• Breakfast cup & saucer from same service: Sotheby's (NYC) Elinor Gordon Collection sale, January 13, 2010, lot 88, c. 1811, from service made for Mrs. Benjamin Chew of Cliveden, Philadelphia, where original order dated June 25, 1811 survives.Book: Lee, Jean Gordon. 1984 Philadelphians and the China Trade, 1784-1844. 193.
• Information on family and purchase of Chew tea service in this pattern plus another tea service: pp. 48-49 (Chew), no 4; p. 211, no. 239Book: Le Corbeiller, Clare & Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 2003 Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Bowl from same service: p. 56, no. 61, from service ordered by Mrs. Benjamin Chew of Phila., June 25, 1811 from (nephew) Benjamin Chew Wilcox.Book: Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Porcelain with Chew family history, various patterns: pp. 29, 103Book: Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Family history: pp. 24-30Catalogue: Chan, Libby Lai-Pak & Wan, Nina. 2018 The Dragon and the Eagle: American Traders in China, A Century of Trade from 1784–1900 (exhib. cat.).
• Similarly patterned orange-bordered teawares: vol. 1, pp. 198-201, no. 230, presumably owned by china trader Joseph Carson of Philadelphia.Article: Petznick, Ware. 06//2023 In Blue and White and Polychrome: Chinese Export Porcelain. Early American Life Magazine. 54 (3): 28-39.
• Published: p. 38