{"id":8626,"date":"2016-10-22T17:22:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T21:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=8626"},"modified":"2016-10-29T15:26:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T19:26:06","slug":"chinese-mug-with-multiple-repairs-c-1750","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=8626","title":{"rendered":"Chinese mug with multiple repairs, c.1750"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This bell-shaped footed\u00a0porcelain mug was made in China in the mid 1700s. It has\u00a0floral\u00a0decoration\u00a0in the Famille Rose palette and stands 5.5 inches tall.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00a0appears that someone literally loved this mug to pieces. I imagine that the\u00a0person who dropped it\u00a0must have been\u00a0heartbroken, watching it\u00a0tumble to the ground where it suffered multiple breaks, chips, and cracks.\u00a0The early metal repairs, done over 150 years ago, included a band along the rim to stabilize cracks, braces on the handle, and rivets\u00a0to\u00a0reinforce four\u00a0symmetrical chips. Much how time can mend\u00a0a broken heart, a skilled\u00a0restorer did an excellent yet eccentric job with\u00a0this mug break-up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11509\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11509\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11509\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5560-Version-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"img_5560-version-2\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5560-Version-2-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5560-Version-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5560-Version-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11510\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11510\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11510\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5561.jpg\" alt=\"img_5561\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5561.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5561-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5561-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11515\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11515\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11515\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5571-Version-2.jpg\" alt=\"img_5571-version-2\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5571-Version-2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5571-Version-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5571-Version-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11513\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11513\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11513\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5565.jpg\" alt=\"img_5565\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5565.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5565-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5565-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11511\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11511\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11511\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5562.jpg\" alt=\"img_5562\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5562.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5562-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5562-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11512\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11512\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11512\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5563.jpg\" alt=\"img_5563\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5563.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5563-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5563-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11514\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5566.jpg\" alt=\"img_5566\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5566.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5566-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5566-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This bell-shaped footed\u00a0porcelain mug was made in China in the mid 1700s. It has\u00a0floral\u00a0decoration\u00a0in the Famille Rose palette and stands 5.5 inches tall. It\u00a0appears that someone literally loved this mug to pieces. I imagine that the\u00a0person who dropped it\u00a0must have been\u00a0heartbroken, watching it\u00a0tumble to the ground where it suffered multiple breaks, chips, and cracks.\u00a0The early [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[7,175,16,120],"class_list":["post-8626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mugtankard","tag-chinese","tag-metal-rim","tag-porcelain","tag-staplesrivets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8626","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=8626"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11526,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8626\/revisions\/11526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}