Bowl, Soup

Object/Artifact

-

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Bowl, Soup

Entry/Object ID

2004.001.004

Tags

Needs new photography

Description

Soup bowl China Famille rose with gilt "Double Peacock and Peony" pattern. Chinese Export Porcelain. Part of a larger dinner service. Rim with chain border and floral garlands, central vignette of a pair of peacocks, pink peonies, and rocks surrounded by an inner spearhead border in iron red with gilt outline. Three Porcelain, scalloped soup bowls: 2004.001.004.a-c

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2004.001.

Source or Donor

Anne Bivins, John Bivins Associates, LLC

Acquisition Method

Purchased

Credit Line

Purchase,

Made/Created

Manufacturer

China

Date made

1765 - 1795

Place

Location

China

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bowl, Soup

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Bowl, Eating

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Eating Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Service T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Tableware

Search Terms

Ceramics, Chinese Export

Other Name

Bowl, Soup

Dimensions

Height

1-1/2 in

Diameter

8-13/16 in

Dimension Notes

Base D: 4.625 W at low point of scallop:8.563

Material

Porcelain

Location

Location

Building

NR 303/cab3,shelf e

Category

Permanent

Date

March 31, 2023

Location

Building

NR 303/Cabinet 3/Shelf E

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

some minor scratches. Some tarnishing on bowls, (prior to polishing) 2004.001.004.a: Some pitting in bowl and lip, gilt iw worn away on edge. 2.5" crack on base, pitting on underside of bowl, imperfections in glaze on underside of bowl. 2004.001.004.b: Alot of imperfections in decorated glaze of bowl, some pitting and absence of gilt on rim,; underside has pitting and imperfections in glaze. 2004.001.004.c: Some pitting and imperfections in paint of glaze, gilt is worn around edge. Base is very pitted, large imperfection in base, several imperfections in glaze on underside, small chip on base rim.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Middleton Family

Related Publications

Notes

Herbert, Peter and Nancy Schiffer "China for America: Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries" Exton, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1980 p. 197

Provenance

Notes

Collected By: Captain Daniel Bacon Captain Daniel Bacon of Boston, owner of the clipper ship, "Gamecock"..."A service with the almost identical pattern was owned by Woodbury Langdon of Portsmouth, New Hampshire; pieces from this service survive at the Portsmouth Historical Society and the Governor John Langdon mansion. From the auction catalogue, p. 182.

General Notes

Note

Display Value: Good Notes: Source: Northeast Auctions - Ronald Bourgeault, Auctioneer 93 Pleasant Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 Auction: August 21-22, 2004 Lot: 1057 Similar pieces descended in the Middlton, Conner and Robertson families of Charleston, SC as well as in the Spottswood family of VA and Carroll family of Maryland. Set of this china is on display and in the permanent collection of The Charleston Museum. Additional citations: Robert Leath, "All Served Up in India China": Chinese Export Porcelain in the Antebellum South, 1610-1860. American Ceramic Circle Journal, Volume XII, New York, NY: American Ceramic Circle, 2003 pp. 42-43 Status: OK Status By: Jill Beute Koverman Status Date: 2004-10-05

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

October 7, 2004

Updated By

mooreks@wofford.edu

Update Date

January 15, 2025