Object Notes

1985.R.847, Arbor pattern charger, porcelain, Cornelis Pronk (designer), Jingdezhen, China, c. 1738-1740


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
Because of its strong Western composition and coloring, the so-called Arbor pattern has been attributed to Cornelis Pronk even though no specific drawings survive for it, unlike The Parasol Ladies pattern (see 1985.R.1077

1985.R.886.1, Arbor pattern salt cellar, porcelain, Cornelis Pronk (designer), Jingdezhen, China, c. 1738-1740


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
Because of its strong Western composition and coloring, the so-called Arbor pattern has been attributed to Cornelis Pronk even though no specific drawings survive for it, unlike The Parasol Ladies pattern (see 1985.R.1077

1985.R.852, Charger, porcelain, Jingdezhen, China, c. 1720


This large dish was part of a service made around 1720 for Thomas Pitt (d. 1729). In 1717, Pitt married Lady Francis Ridgeway, daughter of the Earl of Londonderry. Following his father-in-law's death, Pitt himself was made Baron Londonderry, and in 1726 he was advanced to the new Earldom of Londonderry and constituted Captain General of the Leeward Islands in the West Indies. 

1985.R.872.A-B, Tureen with lid, porcelain, Jingdezhen, China, c. 1750-1760


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
This amazingly shaped piece directly copies a European earthenware example. The form appears to have first been produced at the Strasbourg factory in eastern France around 1750. Soon thereafter, other potteries in central and northern Europe were using the form. Most notably, it was employed by the master potter Ignaz Hess while he was working at the Höchst factory in central Germany from 1746 to 1751.