Dish, Butter

Object/Artifact

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Dish, Butter

Entry/Object ID

2004.001.010

Description

Porcelain Dish "Double Peacock and Peony" pattern, Chinese Export Porcelain in the Famille Rose palette with gilt highlighting. 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. Round coverd porcelain dish with a fitted top, handles fit into cut out areas in cover of dish. Used for sauce/jam/ butter, 2004.001.010.a-b

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

Dish, Butter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dish, Serving

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Serving 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

Dimensions

Depth

1-3/4 in

Diameter

4-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Handle: H:75" top: 4.5" DIa. overall, 4" D. at cutout, D:.5" Max.Circum.13.75" OverallH:1.875, Base:1.75

Material

Porcelain

Location

Building

NR 303/cab3/shelf e

Date

March 31, 2023

Location

Building

NR 303/cab3/shelf e

Date

March 31, 2023

Location

Room

103

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Date

February 7, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Notes

some minor scratches. Some tarnishing on bowls, (prior to polishing) 2004.001.010a-Top:Loss of gilt on rim, imperfections, pitting inside and on top, cracks on rim, several chips. 2004.001.010.b: Several cracks and large break in bowl (two pieces) which were glued back and repaired, imperfections, pitting, loss of gilt on top rim, chips in several small area on base, very rough finish, discoloration on interior and exterior of bowl, chip on rim of repaired crack.

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 Location Details: Found in sideboard center compartment. SF 11/7/2022

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Create Date

October 7, 2004

Updated By

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Update Date

May 1, 2023