Jingdezhen kilns
Dish Decorated with Orange Fitzhugh Pattern
1789-1839
Scroll
Jingdezhen kilns
Dish Decorated with Orange Fitzhugh Pattern
1789-1839
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with overglaze orange enamel and gold decoration, 1 1/2 × 7 3/4 × 6 15/16 in. (3.8 × 19.7 × 17.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Descendents of J. Donnell Tilghman
Object Number
2016.176.18
Named for a seafaring English family involved in the East India trade, the Fitzhugh pattern on this platter closely resembles designs on Chinese textiles from the 1700s. Four groups of flowers or plants are spaced evenly around a circular center panel. Designed for the Western market, Fitzhugh services were made at the Jingdezhen kilns in Jiangxi province, China, and were available in a variety of colors. Especially popular between 1780 and 1820, the Fitzhugh pattern was sometimes found on American tables. This striking red orange platter from a large dinner service belonged to John Donnell, the Baltimore merchant who once owned Willow Brook.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2016; Estate of J. Donnell Tilghman by descent from John and Ann Donnell of Willow Brook, Baltimore
Edith Rossiter Bevan, "Willow Brook," "Maryland Historical Magazine," Vol. XLIV, 1949, pp. 33-41.
Herbert, Peter and Nancy Schiffer, "China for America," Exton, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1980.
Jean McClure Mudge, "Chinese Export Porcelain in North America," NY: Riverside Book Co., 1986.
Herbert, Peter and Nancy Schiffer, "China for America," Exton, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1980.
Jean McClure Mudge, "Chinese Export Porcelain in North America," NY: Riverside Book Co., 1986.