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Dish
1810-1820
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2010.0008.055
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Wilhelmina Laird Craven
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Object Number
2010.0008.055
Object Name
Dish
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1810-1820
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: "Very rare Shell/ shaped fruit/ dish, 10 1/4",/ circa 1815/ $1,200.00" in black type
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: "Wall Shelv./ on L-Top Sh." in black type
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
1.811 (H) x 9.488 (W) x 10.197 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
4.6 (H) x 24.1 (W) x 25.9 (L)
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, among group of Winterthur Fitzhugh wares (pp. 422--27, no. 4.6)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: Lee, Jean Gordon. 1984 Philadelphians and the China Trade, 1784-1844. 193.
• Blue Fitzhugh service with Philadelphia history of ownership: pp. 168, 170, no. 172, owned by merchant Henry David Mandeville (1787–1878) and his wife Charlotte Stott Mandeville (1787–1835).