//
For internal use only
On Display: House - du Pont Dining Room
Plate or bowl (Soup plate or bowl)
1790-1820
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1956.0548.001
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Share Object
Complete Details
Object Number
1956.0548.001
Object Name
Plate or bowl (Soup plate or bowl)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1790-1820
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface, center of reserve
Inscription: Handwritten in black Roman letters "E PLURIBUS UNUM"
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface, center of reserve
Inscription: Painted in gilded, script letters "M"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- American eagle
- American themed ceramics
- American market (Chinese manufacture)
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Gilded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
1.575 (H) x 9.606 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
4 (H) x 24.4 (Diam)
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, among group of Winterthur Fitzhugh wares (pp. 422--27, no. 4.6). Vol. 2, p. 89, fig. 4 and p. 252, fig. 10Article: Petznick, Ware. 06//2023 In Blue and White and Polychrome: Chinese Export Porcelain. Early American Life Magazine. 54 (3): 28-39.
• Published: p. 37 (misidentified as 1956.0548.014.)Book: Mudge, Jean McClure. 1986 Chinese Export Porcelain in North America. 300 p.
• Fitzhugh pattern and color range: p.211-212, fig. 342Book: Lee, Jean Gordon. 1984 Philadelphians and the China Trade, 1784-1844. 193.
• Orange Fitzhugh part dinner service with Thomson family history: pp. 152-3, no. 144, owned by merchant family active at 129 Market Street, Philadelphia. (Details provided in text.)Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1974 Chinese Armorial Porcelain. 1.
• "True Fitzhugh" vs. Fitzhugh patterns with history: pp. 50-56, 151-122Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 2003 Chinese Armorial Porcelain. 2.
• "True Fitzhugh" vs. Fitzhugh patterns with blue, orange, green and other variations: pp. 510-45Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Comparable objects: p. 138Book: Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Comparable objects: p. 80Book: Esten, John, et al. 1987 Blue & White China: Origins /Western Influences.
• Discussion of Fitzhugh and photographs of examples on p. 89Book: Litzenburg, Thomas V. & Bailey, Ann T. 2003 Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University. 288 p.
• Green Fitzhugh eagle deep dish with "AF" gilded initials: p. 244, no. 246Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1997 A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong.
• Orange fitzhugh part service (sauceboat, hot water dish, tureen) for 'country' clipper Red Rover (built 1829): pp. 33-34, no. 23, "Captain Clifton intended this for use on board..." A green service with garter was made for Canton traders the Rawsons.Book: Mudge, Jean McClure. 1981 Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade, 1785-1835. 304 p.
• Published: figs. 90a-b