Patty pan
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Patty pans - small pans for savory pies, sweet fruit tarts, or puff pastries-came in a variety of materials, from utilitarian tin and copper to elegant Chinese porcelain. George Washington received “1 Dozn China Patty Pans” from his London agents in 1762, part of the first known set of blue-and-white Chinese porcelain used at Mount Vernon. Whether this example was part of that order has not been proven. Its interior features a finely painted landscape with bamboo and huts, while the exterior displays additional landscapes and gadroon molding at its rim.
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Date1760-1775
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China
Medium/TechniquePorcelain (hard-paste)
DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 1 15/16 in. x 5 1/4 in. x 5 3/16 in. (4.92 cm x 13.34 cm x 13.18 cm)
Credit LinePurchased by the A. Alfred Taubman Acquisition Endowment Fund and partial gift of an anonymous donor, 2004
Object numberW-2786/AA
DescriptionCircular, molded patty pan or bowl with a gadrooned rim, flared sides, and an integral foot ring, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue. Centered in the well and extending partially up the sides is a right-anchored landscape with a single-story hut underneath a clump of bamboo and a small vessel moored under the bank at left, on the side of the well. A scroll-spearhead border encircles the design, while the rim has a complex border of trellis-diaper, sunbursts, flowers and foliage. Around the exterior of the bowl are three separate scenes of an open pavilion on a rocky, wooded island. Pattern Name: Bamboo and Hut
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