Unknown Chinese
Plate or Saucer

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Maker Unknown Chinese

CultureChinese

Titles

Plate or Saucer

Datec. 1800–1820

Made inChina , Asia

MediumHard-paste porcelain

Dimensions7/8 × 6 3/16 in. diameter (2.2 × 15.7 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III

Object numberB.70.26

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Ceramics Study Room

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

DescriptionChinese export porcelain in this pattern became popular in the United States in the early 1800s. This pattern and others of similar configuration is named Fitzhugh because of its association with a blue and white service ordered around 1780 by Thomas Fitzhugh, who served from 1786 to 1800 in Guangzhou (formerly named Canton) as a director of the British East India Company. Fitzhugh wares were made in several colors. Blue was most common; the mulberry color of this example is much rarer.
Provenance[Ginsburg and Levy, New York]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III, Houston; given to MFAH, 1970.

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