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1966.0617 A Fruit or lemon basket, B Fruit or lemon basket stand, view 1
On Display: House - China Shop
Fruit or lemon basket
Samson, Edme et Cie, Meissen porcelain factory
1820-1875
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Samson, Edme et Cie (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1966.0617 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1966.0617 A
Object Name
Fruit or lemon basket
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Samson, Edme et Cie (Probable maker); Meissen porcelain factory (Inspiration for design)
Place of Origin
France; Europe
Date
1820-1875
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Basket, base
Inscription: Handpainted in red paint "MADE * IN * FRANCE."
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Flowers
- Birds
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Gilded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
15.157 (H) x 6.496 (W) x 7.756 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
38.5 (H) x 16.5 (W) x 19.7 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements are overall, including the stand 1966.0617 B.
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, pp. 46-47. Discussed with Winterthur 1959.2934, Samuel shaw lemon basket.Book: Jorg, Christian J.A. 1989 Chinese export porcelain: chine de commande from the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels. 303 p.
• "Saxonian" or "German" floral pattern and relationship to Meissen: p.222Book: Jorg, Christian J.A. 1989 Chinese export porcelain: chine de commande from the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels. 303 p.
• Information on the purchase of similar objects, p. 172Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Similar form "Chinese lemon basket and stand" with Meissen prototype: vol. II, pp. 563, 566, no. 583, C. 1765Book: Gray, Anita. A Catalogue of Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art. 99 p.
• Basin with similar decoration, p. 64, Fig. 82Book: Phillips, John Goldsmith. 1956 China-Trade Porcelain: An Account of its Historical Background, Manufacture, and Decoration and a Study of the Helena Woolworth McCann Collection. 234 p.
• Similar object, p. 196-197, pl. 96Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. 1979 Oriental Export Market Porcelain.
• Set of tureens with similar decoration, p. 177, Fig. 86Book: Welsh, Jorge. 2017 Turn of the Sea: Art from the Eastern Trade Routes.
• Blue and white and polychrome enameled examples: pp. 260–65, no. 55 (blue and white), 56 (polychrome), Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-95Book: Jorg, Christian J.A. 1982 Porcelain and the Dutch China Trade.
• Same form fruit stand: p. 172, fig. 86, with arms of Feith family and marriage arms of Cock, Van Merlott and Van Hardenbrock. Ordered by Jan Feith at Batavia c. 1765.Catalogue: Mezin, Louis. 2002 Cargaisons de Chine: Porcelaines de la Compagnie des Indes du Musee de Loriant.
• Very similar stand, similarly painted: pp. 124-25, no. 103, China, 1765-75, also illustrating a c. 1745 Meissen example, complete with a bowl at the top.