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Plate

Dateca. 1810

MediumHard-paste porcelain

DimensionsD: 9 3/4"
OH: 1 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number2009-71

DescriptionChinese export porcelain plate painted in the center with a cockle flower in purple and green enamels, the well with three pairs of wheat ears in sepia and gold, all within a gilt rim edge.

Very good. Eight very small patches of abrasion on the interior (stacking). Slightly worn gilt in only one small area of rim.Label TextThe design on this plate was most likely created by Mary Hollingsworth Morris. She is also the likely designer of another service of Chinese export porcelain known as the Quaker Farmer pattern. These two patterns are very distinct and different from one another. Also, both services were owned by the Morris family in Philadelphia.

According to family tradition, this dinner service was decorated in China after a design executed by Mary Hollingsworth Morris (1776-1820). The porcelain and pattern are said to have been carried between Philadelphia and Canton by her brother, Henry Hollingsworth (1781-1854), who was active in the China trade.ProvenanceProvenance: Israel Morris (1778-1870) and Mary (Hollingsworth) Morris (1776-1820) of Greenhill residence, Philadelphia; by descent through the Morris family to Mrs. W. Logan MacCoy of Greenhill residence, Philadelphia.