Artist unknown (Chinese, made for the American market)
China
Coffee Pot with Lid
INV-7765
Artist unknown (Chinese, made for the American market)
China1790–1800
Coffee Pot with Lid
Artist unknown (Chinese, made for the American market) China →chinese exportExport porcelaincoffeepotteaware
Date
1790–1800
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain, enamels, and gilding
Dimensions
24.5 × 20.6 × 12.4 cm (9 5/8 × 8 1/8 × 4 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Bequest of Frederick S. Colburn
This coffee pot, decorated with an American sailing vessel, is among the many examples of souvenir ware that captains and trade merchants special ordered from the porcelain shops in Canton to commemorate their journeys. The decoration on these pieces is of a more personal character than the average stock porcelain. Motifs for commemorative ware were most often copied from illustrations on mercantile and cargo documentation and thus probably bore little resemblance to the actual vessels.
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