80a (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Beaker for measuring chemicals: White ground beakers with blue bowstrings on the rim. A and B have small bulge in rim that creates a spout. A) 1000 milliliter beaker, volume plus or minus 1.2% (1000 毫升，量差+-1.2%). Interior has lines with amounts indicated. Seal on foot reads: Swan Brand Shanghai enamel factory no. 5 77.7-12 ( 天鵝牌 上海搪瓷五厂77.7-12 Tian e pai Shanghai tangci wu chang 77.7-12). Purchased 100 RMB each
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Baoguosi Market, Beijing, China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
August 18, 2016
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beakers (drinking vessels)
Production date:
late 1950s
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— width 11 centimeters and whole— height 15 centimeters
Comment:
Purchased 100 RMB Condition: good. A. has chip below spount and small chip at foot. Tiny chip in bottom of interior.