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| Culture: | Chinese
| | Title: | teaset
| | Date Made: | 1790-1810
| | Type: | Food Service
| | Materials: | ceramic: hard paste porcelain, overglaze polychrome enamels, gilding
| | Place Made: | China
| | Accession Number: | HD 55.056
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Henry N. Flynt and Helen Geier Flynt
| | Museum Collection: | Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Chinese export porcelain teaset made for the Danish market, decorated with an European man standing on a small land spit with a pagoda at the other end and pointing a gun at a bird flying in the sky over a three-masted sailing ship flying the Danish flag. The set consists of 23 pieces: teapot and cover, tea canister and cover, cream pot and cover, spoon tray, waste bowl, sugar bowl (no cover), 7 saucers, 4 teacups, and 7 coffee cups with handles.
Tags:
pagodas Subjects:
Pagodas; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome; Porcelain Link to share this object record:
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