Image

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Cup

Description

Maker

Culture

Chinese

Title

Cup

Year

1800

Medium

ceramic

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

ceramic

Materials

clay products

Geography

Place Made: China

Dimensions

Diameter: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell

Object Number

09.172

Type

Ceramics

Exhibition History

Bottoms Up! Drinking Vessels from the Museum Collection

Aug 01, 2003 – Jul 31, 2004

Label copy

Made for Providence merchant Henry Smith (1766 - 1818), this is the only known service of Chinese export porcelains bearing the Great Seal of the United States.

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Cup, 1800

Ceramic

Diameter: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 inches)

Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell 09.172

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