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Coffee cup (Coffee can)
1800-1820
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1956.0038.001
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1956.0038.001
Object Name
Coffee cup (Coffee can)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1800-1820
Subject(s)
- Landscape
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Gilded
- Enameled
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
2.795 (H) x 3.622 (W) x 2.598 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
7.1 (H) x 9.2 (W) x 6.6 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Width is diameter plus handle.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hervouet, Francois, et al. 1986 La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a Decor Occidental.
• Published: p. 85, no. 4.15Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Same decoration on saucer, p. 89, fig. 53Book: Fuchs, Ronald W. & Howard, David Sanctuary. 2005 Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. 208 p.
• Similarly patterned set of three mugs (2000.0061.071.001-.003): p. 129; references to grisaille palette, p.56.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Similarly patterned set of three mugs (2000.0061.071.001-.003): p. 197Book: Lee, Jean Gordon. 1984 Philadelphians and the China Trade, 1784-1844. 193.
• Discusses Morris family porcelain with similar design and illustration of design in Mary Morris' sketchbook. pp. 73-74.Book: Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Information on the decoration, pp. 172-173