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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Partial Orange Tea Service |
| Library | Nantucket Historical Association |
| Date | c. 1850 |
| Description | Porcelain decorated in underglaze orange with gilding. Decorated in a butterfly and flower pattern, this is typical of the more elaborately decorated export porcelains that returned to the island during the middle decades of the nineteenth century. |
| Document Type | Object |
| Theme(s) | Trade and Commerce; Arts and Artefacts |
| Keywords | porcelain, enamel, trade, tea, teapot, flora and fauna, flowers, fashion, bowl, export |
| Countries | USA; China |
| Additional Information | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from From Brant Point to the Boca Tigris: Nantucket and the China Trade by Michael A Jehle, Nantucket Historical Association, 1994. |
| Copyright | Nantucket Historical Association |
