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Bowl (Punch bowl)
Robert Wilkinson, Johann Sebastian Müller, Samuel Wall
1795-1805
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Robert Wilkinson (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2000.0061.075
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff
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Object Number
2000.0061.075
Object Name
Bowl (Punch bowl)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Robert Wilkinson (Design inspiration); Johann Sebastian Müller (Design inspiration); Samuel Wall (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1795-1805
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with ""LONDON" PUNCH BOWL/15 1/4" DIA. FOUNDLING/HOSP. + "GRAND WALK"/ENTRANCE TO VAUXHALL/GARDENS/CIRCA 1760 4805" handwritten in black and red ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular paper label with "4805 ILLUST. + REF./HERVOUET + BRONEAU/P. 244-BEURDELEY/P. 108 FIG. 77" handwritten in black and red ink
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Blue, rounded rectangular paper label with "27" in white lettering
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- City view
- English market (Chinese export)
- Music
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
6.535 (H) x 14.98 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
16.6 (H) x 38.05 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Published: pp. 202-3, no. 235. c. 1800. Good history. Hospital scene after Wilkinson print, c. 1750; Vauxhall after John Sebastian Muller after Samuel Wall, c. 1750.Article: Fuchs, Ronald W. 01//2002 Chinese Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. Antiques. 200-205.
• Published: p. 205, pl. 11Book: Marschner, Joanna. 2017 Enlightened Princesses: Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World.
• Chapter on "The Foundling Hospital, Women's Health, and the Welfare of Children": pp. 415-25Book: Lee, Jean Gordon. 1984 Philadelphians and the China Trade, 1784-1844. 193.
• Chinese export punch bowl with view of Philadelphia Hospital: p. 102, no. 73, originally owned by Lewis family with Philadelphia Hospital and china trade links.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• Punch bowl with similar scene: p. 268-69, fig. 265.Book: Vinhais, Luisa & Jorge Welsh Oriental Porcelain and Works of Art. 2016 A Time and a Place.
• Very similar bowl with details and design source information: pp. 088-097, no. 15Book: Beurdeley, Michel. 1962 Chinese Trade Porcelain. 219 p.
• Scene on this bowl incorrectly identified as courtyard of Palace of Versailles: p. 108, fig. 77Catalogue: 2007 Christie's (sales catalogue).
• Very similar bowl sold at auction: January 28, 2013, lot 419, noting Winterthur's and others.Catalogue: Cohen & Cohen. 2005 Now & Then: Crouching Leopards, Hidden Dragonflies.
• Very similar bowl with details re Foundling Hospital, Vauxhall Gardens, design sources, etc.: pp. 54-57, no. 26, Qianlong, c. 1790Book: Tharp, Lars. 1997 Hogarth's China: Hogarth's Paintings and Eighteenth-Century Ceramics.
• Very similar bowl in discussion of Hogarth's involvement with London's Foundling Hospirtal, etc.: pp. 110-112