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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
1956.0548.006
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1956.0548.006
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 enamel, Roman letters "E PLURIBUS UNUM"
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface, center of reserve
Inscription: Painted in gilded, script lettering "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
- Incised
Dimensions (inches)
1.535 (H) x 9.528 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
3.9 (H) x 24.2 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: 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: Mudge, Jean McClure. 1986 Chinese Export Porcelain in North America. 300 p.
• Fitzhugh pattern and color range: p.211-212, fig. 342Book: 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: 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.