Description:
Chinese export porcelain plate, with large footed urn of flowers in the center, swag of flowers inner border, and dark blue band on the outer rim with guilloche pattern gilding, decorated in blue and reddish-orange enamels and gilding, once owned by John Brown, Providence, Rhode Island. John Brown (1736-1803), the legendary Providence, Rhode Island, merchant, is known to have owned two sets of Chinese export porcelain. One set arrived on the ship the George Washington in 1789 and was described as “best blue china for Dining Table” and “Tea Service China every piece with the cypher JB.” Six years later, a second “sett of the better sort” arrived on the first voyage of another George Washington, the third ship that John Brown named for his friend. This plate is from this second set, and its style with urn and swags is like the wares that were being produced by the Bristol and New Hall porcelain manufacturers in England. Brown’s mansion in Providence was one of the most lavish in the city, and this porcelain would have complemented the house and its sumptuous interiors.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); Porcelain Link to share this object record:
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