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.