Sacred Bird and Butterfly

Object/Artifact

-

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Sacred Bird and Butterfly

Entry/Object ID

58.14.33

Description

Platter China 1805/1825 Porcelain with paint and gilt decoration Chinese Export Porcelain in Sacred Bird & Butterfly Pattern, C.1815, Oblong Serving Platter, One of 31 Pieces Chinese Export Porcelain in Sacred Butterfly Pattern with Underglaze Orange and Overglaze Gilt Decoration in a Lush Pattern of Birds, Butterflies, and Flowers. Gilt Rim. Unglazed Base . Original Loan of 54 Pieces, But 23 Pieces Subsequently Returned.

Collection

Loan

Made/Created

Date made

1805 - 1825

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Platter

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

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Old Number: 58.14.1-54

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Intake

Loan In

L.1958.014.

Lender

Mrs. Henry C. Cheves III

Date Received

Nov 10, 1956

Date Due for Return

Nov 10, 2008

Date Returned

Mar 14, 2019

General Notes

Note

Notes: Originally lent by Mrs. Margaret (Phillip) Hammond, whose father purchased the items while stationed in China in the late 1880s. Mrs. Hammond's daughter - Chillton (?) Mrs. Henry Cheves III - became owner of the porcelain in 1973. Mr. Cheves died after 1978 and Mrs. Cheves remarried Robert E. Johnson, to whom she is still married in 2003. Status: OK

Created By

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Create Date

January 20, 1998

Updated By

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Update Date

March 20, 2019