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On Display: House - Albany Room Entrance
Plate (Dinner plate)
1747-1755
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1976.0082.001
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of the Wunsch Americana Foundation
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Object Number
1976.0082.001
Object Name
Plate (Dinner plate)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1747-1755
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface, center of reserve
Inscription: Handwritten in black enameled, Roman lettering "INPRUDENTIA ET SIMPLICETATE"
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface, center of reserve
Inscription: Handwritten in black enameled, script lettering "Samuel Vaughan" is in script in a panel beneath the arms.
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Armorial device
- Samuel Vaughan
- American ownership history (foreign manuf)
- American market (Chinese manufacture)
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
0.81 (H) x 8.65 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.05 (H) x 21.972 (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, pp. 204-5, no. 2.32; vol. 2, p. 242, fig. 4Book: Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: pp. 76-77, pl. 19Catalogue: Motley, William & Cohen & Cohen. 2018 The Golden Gate Collection.
• Circular plate from same service: p. 200, no. 145, Qianlong period, 1755-60Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1974 Chinese Armorial Porcelain. 1.
• Related armorials: p. 359 (L7 VAUGHAN impaling HALLOWELL) and p. 576 (Q9 VAUGHAN impaling HALLOWELL). c. 1755 & c. 1770, respectively.Book: Fuchs, Ronald W. & Howard, David Sanctuary. 2005 Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. 208 p.
• Very similar soup plate: p. 70, fig. 32, c. 1747-1755.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Very similar plate: p. 486, fig 499, c. 1750.Book: Le Corbeiller, Clare & Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 2003 Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Plate from same service: p. 37, no. 39, c. 1750-55, see notes)Catalogue: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Vaughan rectangular (canted corner) dish and soup plate from same service: March 28, 2010, lots 852, 853.