Sacred Bird and Butterfly

Object/Artifact

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Sacred Bird and Butterfly

Entry/Object ID

58.14.15

Description

Plate China 1805/1825 Porcelain with paint and gilt decoration Chinese Export Porcelain in Sacred Bird & Butterfly Pattern, C.1815, Dinner Plate , One of a large set of 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. Original Loan of 54 Pieces, but 23 Pieces Subsequently Returned. One of six plates.

Collection

Loan

Made/Created

Date made

1805 - 1825

Lexicon

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Old Number: 58.14.1-54

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

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

July 23, 2025