James Boswell
A Chinese Export Service Ordered for Thomas Jefferson: In Rei Memoriam

Ceramics in America 2020

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  • Figure 1
    Figure 1

     George Healy (1813–1894), after Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828), Portrait of Thomas Jefferson, 1860. Oil on canvas. 29 1/2 x 24 1/2". (Museums at Washington and Lee University.) 

  • Figure 2
    Figure 2

    Pot de crème from the “J” service, Jingdezhen, decorated in Guangzhou (Canton), China, 1790–1792. Hard-paste porcelain. H. 3". (Courtesy, Sandy and Ched Cluthe Collection.) 

  • Figure 3
    Figure 3

    Plate from the “J” service, Jingdezhen, decorated in Guangzhou (Canton), China, 1790–1792. Hard-paste porcelain. D. 9 1/2". (Private collection; photo, Robert Hunter.) 

  • Figure 4
    Figure 4

    Detail of the plate illustrated in fig. 3.

  • Figure 5
    Figure 5

    Jug from the “J” service, Jingdezhen, decorated in Guangzhou (Canton), China, 1790–1792. Hard-paste porcelain. H. 9 1/4". (Courtesy, Cincinnati Art Museum.) 

  • Figure 6
    Figure 6

    Detail of the jug illustrated in fig. 5.

  • Figure 7
    Figure 7

    Caleb Lyon, ca. 1855–1865. (Brady-Handy Collection, Library of Congress.)  https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.01858 

  • Figure 8
    Figure 8

    Cup from the service made for Christopher Gore, Jingdezhen, decorated in Guangzhou (Canton), China, 1790–1792. Hard-paste porcelain. H. 2 3/4". (Courtesy, Sandy and Ched Cluthe Collection.)

  • Figure 9
    Figure 9

    Raleigh DeGeer Amyx, 2009. (Courtesy, The Raleigh DeGeer Amyx Collection.) http://www.americanheritage1.com/. 

  • Figure 10
    Figure 10

    Bowl from the “WMP” service, Jingdezhen, decorated in Guangzhou (Canton), China, 1790–1792. Hard-paste porcelain. D. 9 5/8". (Private collection; photo, Robert Hunter.) 

  • Figure 11
    Figure 11

    Detail of the bowl illustrated in fig. 10. 

  • Figure 12
    Figure 12

    Teapot, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd., Staffordshire, England, ca. 1871. Creamware. L. 8 1/4". This reproduction of Lyon’s “Elder Brewster Teapot” was commissioned by the Boston retailer Richard Briggs & Co. (Private collection; photo, Robert Hunter.) 

  • Figure 13
    Figure 13

    Detail of the teapot illustrated in figure 12.