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Dish (Leaf dish)
1820-1840
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
- Gilt
Museum Object Number
1981.0220
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Joseph Y. Jeanes, Jr.
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Object Number
1981.0220
Object Name
Dish (Leaf dish)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1820-1840
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface, center of reserve
Inscription: Handwritten in black enamel, Roman letters "PHILADELPHIA"
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface, center of reserve
Inscription: Handwritten in black enamel, script letters "Union Line"
Type: Label
Location: Underside, within footrim
Inscription: Large, rectangular yellowed paper label with "[typed in black ink] MRS. JOSEPH Y. JEANES/ VILLANOVA, PA."
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- American market (Chinese manufacture)
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
- Gilt
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Gilded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
1.339 (H) x 5.748 (W) x 7.441 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
3.4 (H) x 14.6 (W) x 18.9 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chinese Export Porcelain.
• Related objects illustrated p. 143, Figure 99Book: 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: 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: Herbert, Peter & Schiffer, Nancy N. 1980 China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. 223 p.
• Published: p. 157