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Six Chinese Export Porcelain \'Quaker Farmer\' Articles
Estimate: $3,000-$5,000
Sold
$4,000
Live Auction
American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Description
Six Chinese Export Porcelain 'Quaker Farmer' Articles
Circa 1800
comprising a sepia cream pitcher, and three cups and two saucers en grisaille.
Height of creamer 5 1/4 inches.
The Morris family of Philadelphia is believed to have owned several services in this pattern, with known examples in green, sepia, and grisaille. Israel Morris (1778-1870) and his wife Mary Hollingsworth Morris (1776-1820) owned two, and a drawing of this pattern by Mary is held at Dumbarton House in Washington, D.C. See Jean McClure Mudge, Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade 1785-1835, p. 140, figs. 52-54 for other examples.
Property from the Collection of Mr. R. Neall Distad, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Condition
Group is in fine overall condition, with only minor surface wear consistent with age. Losses to gilding on two saucers and one cup. Small chip to rim of one saucer. Possible repair to back rim of pitcher, near juncture with handle.
Provenance
Purchased from James Galley, Rahns, Pennsylvania, 1981-1991