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On Display: House - Albany Room Entrance
Saucer
1758-1760
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1956.0046.087 B
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Charles K. Davis
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Object Number
1956.0046.087 B
Object Name
Saucer
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1758-1760
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface, center of reserve
Inscription: Handwritten in black enamel, Roman letters "UNANIMITY IS THE STRENGTH OF SOCIETY"
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface, center of reserve
Inscription: Handwritten in black enamel, Roman letters "WE OBEY WE OBEY"
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside, within footrim
Inscription: Handwritten in red paint or wax pencil "#15"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Armorial device
- Society of Bucks
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
0.8 (H) x 5.4 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.1 (H) x 13.6 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Cup and saucer published as Figure 180 (p. 120) Date given as Ca. 1760Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1974 Chinese Armorial Porcelain. 1.
• Information pertaining to the Order of Bucks, pp. 80, 87, 273. Cup and matching saucer published p. 452, P16 SOCIETY OF BUCKSBook: Handley, Joseph M. & Spero, Simon. 1991 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels.
• As per previous cataloguer (before 8/4/09): Birmingham or Liverpool double-sided Badge, c. 1770, with black-printed arms and emblems with mottos: p. 286, no. 13.16, see for details.Book: Volk, Joyce Geary. 2006 The Warner House: A Rich and Colorful History.
• As per previous cataloguer (before 8/4/09): Creamware fragments with black- and red-printed fragments with Society of Bucks arms excavated at Warner House, Portsmouth NH: pp. 78-78, fig. 7.7, forms unclear. Shown with Bucks black-printed creamware mug..Catalogue: Bonhams (auction catalogue).
• Society of Bucks printed Longton hall and Gilbody soft paste porcelain mugs: The Crane Collection, London, March 31, 2010, lot 153, Longton Hall, c. 1758, signed "Sadler Liverpool"; 154, Gilbody, 1755-61, same signature.4,Book: Northern Ceramic Society. Made in Liverpool: Liverpool Pottery and Porcelain 1700-1850.
• John Sadler print on Wedgwood creamware mug, Liverpool delft tile and Longton Hall porcelain mug; also James Hayes print on Richard Chaffers, Liverpool porcelain mug portraying same theme: pp. 114--15, nos. 168-71Book: Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Delft tiles bearing printed Society of Bucks arms: p. 22, nos. B1--2a and B1-3.