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On Display: House - Montmorenci Stair Hall VI
Bowl
1800-1820
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1968.0515
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1968.0515
Object Name
Bowl
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1800-1820
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Sides
Inscription: "E Pluribis Unim" and "BSP" or "BLP"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
4.449 (H) x 9.685 (W) x 10.079 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
11.3 (H) x 24.6 (W) x 25.6 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Mudge, Jean McClure. 1986 Chinese Export Porcelain in North America. 300 p.
• Fitzhugh pattern and color range: p.211-212, fig. 342Book: Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Orange Fitzhugh dish ("H" for Robert Henley of VA, Washington's nephew) and sauce tureen ("R. Smith" & "Mississippi): p. 85Book: Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Orange Fitzhugh vegetable dish ("EAT" Edward & Ann Renshaw Thomson of Phila), basket & stand ("JCR" "R" Possibly Phila Leedom family), oval dish "GS" for Gideon Swain, Nantucket connections): pp. 86-7Book: Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Orange fitzhugh service owned by Donnell family of Baltimore (Willowbrook estate): p. 207. Family discussion.Book: 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: 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.
• Published: Fig. 94, p. 138.Book: Esten, John, et al. 1987 Blue & White China: Origins /Western Influences.
• Discussion of Fitzhugh and photographs of examples on p. 89