CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN 1

KINGSTON, NORFOLK ISLAND

1780s-ca1807

Robert V J P Varman Ph D

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Bowl fragment. sccCEP.gif

Fragment of a flat perforated disk, possibly part of a steamer. This shard was found on the site of a 1790s grant now located on the 'Tree Farm' (property of Colleen McCullough). A rain and cloud border as seen also in the example bellow. sccCEP1.gif.

Platter rim fragment. The star pattern strip of the border is of the same type as the one found on the George Washington platter (illustrated in Schiffer, 1975, plate 94). sccCEP2.gif

Plate fragment. The piled rocks motif is a common design element. sccCEP3.gif.

Plate fragment. A typical temple motif from the main field of a plate. sccCEP4.gif.

 

Plate or platter fragment. Another very common design element of the time (see the Phillipsburgh examples). sccCEP7.gif

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Shallow bowl fragment - a border prototype for the later transfer printed Willow Pattern. sccCEP9.gif

 

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