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Saucer (Dish)
1805-1815
Description
The "H" on this so-called brown fitzhugh plate refers to an order (c. 1810) by Captain John Dandgridge Henley, who was born in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1781. Henley captained the ship Carolina in the 1815 battle of New Orleanes. From the same service, a somewhat triangular covered dish at Colonial Williasburg is part of a set of six dishes which form a circle.
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2000.0057.034
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. George P. Bissell, Jr.
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Object Number
2000.0057.034
Object Name
Saucer (Dish)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1805-1815
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper surface, center of reserve
Inscription: Painted in brown enamel, script letters "H"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- American ownership history (foreign manuf)
- American market (Chinese manufacture)
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Enameled
- Incised
Dimensions (inches)
1.181 (H) x 5.63 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
3 (H) x 14.3 (Diam)
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: 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. 510-45Catalogue: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Plate from same service: March 28, 2010, lot 885, perhaps for John Hone II when married Marie Antoinette Kane in 1818, or for their son John III.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1984 New York and the China Trade. 142 p.
• Information on possible original owner: p.116, fig. C75Catalogue: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Brown Fitzhugh armorial plate owned by Charles Izard Manigault, Charleston SC: March 21-22, 2009 sale, lot 736, with references.Book: Esten, John, et al. 1987 Blue & White China: Origins /Western Influences.
• Fitzhugh discussion: p. 89