Name/Title
SauceboatEntry/Object ID
L.2011.002.1-3Description
Sauce boat and underplate, bowl and plate
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period
China, 1765/1795
Porcelain with overglaze in famille rose pattern
Sauce boat: H. 3 1/4 x W. 7 7/8 x D. 4 inches; Underplate: H. 1 1/8 x W. 10 7/8 x D. 7 1/4 inches; Bowl: H. 1 7/16 x W. 8 5/8 inches, Diam. 4 7/8 (foot) inches; Plate: H. 1 x Diam. 9 1/16 inches, Diam. 5 1/8 (foot) inches
Historic Charleston Foundation, collection purchase, Charleston, SC, 2004.001.009, 2004.001.008, 2004.001.005.g, 2004.001.006.f
From family histories and archeological finds, we can discern that Chinese export in the "Double Peacock and Peony" pattern was popular in Charleston. This sauceboat, bowl and plate are part of a larger set once belonging to Captain Daniel Bacon, of Boston, who owned the clipper ship Gamecock. The various provenances of export porcelain with this particular famille rose decoration show that it was widely imported throughout the Americas and found equal appreciation outside of the colonial South.Collection
The Charleston Museum C/O: Historic Charleston FouCreated By
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January 12, 2011Updated By
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December 7, 2012