Mug
- Museum number:
- 9-23901
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090023901
- Alternate number:
- 15 (previous number (collector's original number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4817
- Description:
- Enamel mug with lid. The front is stenciled with “1200” in red. The back features a blue dove with a red beak. Below the image is a red inscription: “State-owned Beijing No. 3 Cotton Textile Factory, 1957” (國营北京第三棉紡织廠 1957 Guoying Beijing disan mian fangzhi chang). Cobalt blue bowstring decorates the rim. The handle is partially decorated in the same color.
- Donor:
- Alfreda Murck
- Collection place:
- China
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Curio City (Guwancheng), China
- Production place:
- Shanghai municipality, Southern China
- Culture or time period:
- Chinese
- Collector:
- Alfreda Murck
- Collection date:
- May 6, 2011
- Materials:
- Enamel (fused coating)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Mugs (cups)
- Production date:
- December 1956
- Accession date:
- August 25, 2020
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- whole— height 9 centimeters
- Comment:
- Inscription: Foot: “Starlight Brand, Shanghai State-private Cooperative Guangming Enamel Factory, 6th December, 1956” (星光牌 上海公私合营光明搪瓷厂 1956.12-6 Xingguang pai Shanghai gongsi heying Guangming tangci chang 1956.12-6). Comment: In the mid-1950s the nationalization of industries was happening at a fast pace. This mug declares that the Textile factory has become State Owned (國營), but the seal on the bottom still reads Public-Private partnership (公私合營). Condition: Extensive enamel losses to the foot and handle, with repairs.
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