{"id":3333,"date":"2016-04-23T14:24:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T18:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=3333"},"modified":"2016-04-23T14:26:10","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T18:26:10","slug":"chinese-floral-cream-jug-c-1760","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=3333","title":{"rendered":"Chinese floral cream jug, c.1760"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This porcelain baluster form cream jug with sparrow beak spout has floral decoration\u00a0painted with polychrome enamels\u00a0in the Famille Rose palette. It was made in China, circa 1760, and measures 4.5 inches tall.<\/p>\n<p>After the original porcelain handle broke off, a rattan-wrapped bronze replacement handle was added. The missing patch of woven rattan reveals a bent section\u00a0of bamboo just under the handle which was added to help\u00a0cushion the bare metal. The tactile ridges in the rattan also\u00a0make the handle\u00a0easier to grip.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4199.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3334\" title=\"IMG_4199\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4199.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4199-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3335\" title=\"IMG_4200\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4200.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4200-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4200-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3337\" title=\"IMG_4208\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4208.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4208-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4202.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3336\" title=\"IMG_4202\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4202.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4202-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4207.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3338\" title=\"IMG_4207\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4207.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4207-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This jug of similar form shows what the original handle and lid might\u00a0have looked like on mine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10765\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10765\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10765\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/full_34556.jpg\" alt=\"full_34556\" width=\"400\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/full_34556.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/full_34556-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.defranselelie.com\">De Franse Lelie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This porcelain baluster form cream jug with sparrow beak spout has floral decoration\u00a0painted with polychrome enamels\u00a0in the Famille Rose palette. It was made in China, circa 1760, and measures 4.5 inches tall. After the original porcelain handle broke off, a rattan-wrapped bronze replacement handle was added. The missing patch of woven rattan reveals a bent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[87,7,40,16,93],"class_list":["post-3333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jug","tag-bronze","tag-chinese","tag-metal-handle","tag-porcelain","tag-rattan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3333"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10910,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3333\/revisions\/10910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}