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Cream or milk jug (Helmet pitcher, cream or milk pot)
1790-1810
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1963.0821
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1963.0821
Object Name
Cream or milk jug (Helmet pitcher, cream or milk pot)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1790-1810
Subject(s)
- New York State Coat of Arms
- Armorial device
- American themed ceramics
- American market (Chinese manufacture)
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Gilded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
5.354 (H) x 3.543 (W) x 6.378 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13.6 (H) x 9 (W) x 16.2 (L)
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: p.87-94.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1984 New York and the China Trade. 142 p.
• Helmet-shaped milk jug with arms c. 1795: p. 92, fig. C22Book: 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: Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Helmet-shaped milk jug with arms: p.41Book: 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: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Similar border and central decoration, p. 514 fig. 223Book: 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.