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Fruit or lemon basket (Fruit stand)
Meissen porcelain factory
1785-1790
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Meissen porcelain factory (Inspiration for design)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1959.2934 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.2934 A, B
Object Name
Fruit or lemon basket (Fruit stand)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Meissen porcelain factory (Inspiration for design)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1785-1790
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Stand, base, exterior
Inscription: Painted in gilded, script letters "SS"
Type: Label
Location: Stand, interior
Inscription: Remnants of a yellowed, paper label
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Society of Cincinnati
- Maritime
- Armorial device
- American themed ceramics
- American ownership history (foreign manuf)
- American market (Chinese manufacture)
- Samuel Shaw
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
- Pierced
Dimensions (inches)
14.803 (H) x 6.407 (W) x 8.189 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
37.6 (H) x 16.275 (W) x 20.8 (L)
Measurement Notes
Length and width measurements are of the basket
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. 46-47. (Object in catalogue, only. Not in exhibition.)Book: Beurdeley, Michel. 1962 Chinese Trade Porcelain. 219 p.
• Published: p. 174, cat. no. 111Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Published: pp. 54-55Book: Mudge, Jean McClure. 1981 Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade, 1785-1835. 304 p.
• Published: p.. 114, figure 42Book: Jorg, Christian J.A. 1982 Porcelain and the Dutch China Trade.
• Same form fruit stand: p. 172, fig. 86, with arms of Feith family and marriage arms of Cock, Van Merlott and Van Hardenbrock. Ordered by Jan Feith at Batavia c. 1765.Book: Conger, Clement E. & Rollins, Alexandra W. 1991 Treasures of State: Fine and Decorative Arts in the Diplomatic Reception Rooms of the U. S. Department of State.
• Part tea service bearing badge of Society of Cincinnati: p. 265, no. 161, c. 1789-90, with discussion of related services, badge as design source, and involved personages.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Similar form "Chinese lemon basket and stand" with Meissen prototype: vol. II, pp. 563, 566, no. 583, C. 1765Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Similar form basket and stand: p. 136, no. 143, c. 1765.Book: Welsh, Jorge. 2017 Turn of the Sea: Art from the Eastern Trade Routes.
• Blue and white and polychrome enameled examples: pp. 260–65, no. 55 (blue and white), 56 (polychrome), Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-95Catalogue: Mezin, Louis. 2002 Cargaisons de Chine: Porcelaines de la Compagnie des Indes du Musee de Loriant.
• Same form fruit stand (famille rose) with Meissen inspiration: pp. 124-25, "surtouts," the Chinese example lacking its basket, c. 1770; the Meissen example painted in polychrome and retaining its upper dish, c. 1745.