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Dish
1795-1805
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1956.0046.114 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Charles K. Davis
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Object Number
1956.0046.114 A, B
Object Name
Dish
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1795-1805
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Dish (A), upper surface, center of reserve (once); Lid (B), upper surface (twice)
Inscription: Handwritten in black enamel, Roman letters "AUSPICIO.REGIS.ET. SENATUS.ANGLIA"
Type: Label
Location: Underside, within footrim
Inscription: Rectangular, yellowed paper label with a black border and "[typed] Wm. H. PLUMMER & Co., Ltd./NEW YORK CITY/ANTIQUE DEPT./ [handwritten] LOWESTOFT/ARMS OF EAST INDIA CO. /[typed] PERIOD [handwritte] 179[8]" all in black ink.
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Armorial device
- East India Company (British) association
- Company arms
- English market (Chinese export)
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
6.437 (H) x 9.823 (W) x 11.319 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
16.35 (H) x 24.95 (W) x 28.75 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Published: p. 29, fig. 1, arms of Honourable East India Company of Great Britain.Book: Lu, Zhangshen. 2012 Passion for Porcelain: Masterpieces of Ceramics from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Fruit basket and two dishes with same arms and same(?) enameled border: pp. 110-11, no. 016, c. 1800. "This service came from Fort George in Madras (now Chennai), one of the most important British trading centres in Asia..."Book: Le Corbeiller, Clare. 1974 China Trade Porcelain: Patterns of Exchange.
• Two pierced-edge dishes with same arms and border: pp. 120-121, no. 51, c. 1805Book: Guedes, Rui. 1995 Companhia das Indias Porcelanas.
• Oval dish from blue and white Honourable East India Company (British/English) service: p. 147, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign, c. 1780Book: Brawer, Catharine Coleman. 1992 Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ethel (Mrs. Julius) Liebman and Arthur L. Liebman Porcelain Collection.
• Spode replacement plate with East India Company arms: p. 20, fig. 2, marked "SPODE FELDSPAR PORCELAIN. THE LONDON" (sic), possibly made for Captain John Barnet of The London, after East India Co. warehouse in Guangzhou burned in 1823.Book: Veiga, Jorge Getulio. 1989 Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections.
• Oval underglaze blue Chinese export dish with British East India Company arms: p. 34, pl. 12, late 18th-early 19th century.Book: Veiga, Jorge Getulio. 1989 Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections.
• Square dish in Chinese export porcelain with arms of British East India Company: p. 25, pl. 11, with gilt and blue enamel border.