Cider jug Object.

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Nantucket Historical Association, owner.

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Clothing and dress.

Courts.

Emperors.

Enamel and enameling.

Exports.

Porcelain.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Production:

[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], [approximately 1807]

Summary:

Porcelain decorated in overglaze enamels of crimson, aubergine, orange, browns, pink, greens, blues, and black with gilding. The two scenes that decorate the jug show, on one side, a gentleman in Portugese dress courting a seated woman and, on the other, two ranking Chinese officials at the emperor's court.

Notes:

Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from 'From Brant Point to the Boca Tigris: Nantucket and the China Trade' by Michael A Jehle, Nantucket Historical Association, 1994.

Title from publisher's website.