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58 I would like to thank Lynda McLeod, Associate Director, and Jeffrey Pilkington, Archive
Researcher, Christie’s archives, London, for their help in regard to sales of “Summer
Palace” material.
59 Catalogue of Important Chinese Porcelain & Cloisonne Enamels. The Property of the
Rt. Hon. The Lord Margadale of Islay . . . May 31, 1965 (London: Christie, Manson &
Woods, 1965), 41, lot 135, for censer with “dolphin” handles. The Collection of Chinese
Enamelled Porcelain, Cloisonné and Canton Enamels and a Jade Brush Pot formed by
the late Alfred Morrison, Esq. now sold by order of the Rt. Hon. The Lord Margadale
of Islay, T.D. removed from Fonthill House, Tisbury, Wiltshire . . . October 18, 1971
(London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1971), 36, plate 16, lot 102, for tripod censer.
I would like to thank Matthew Gengler, Head of Access Services, Ingalls Library, The
Cleveland Museum of Art, for his help with researching the Fonthill catalogues.
60 I would like to thank Graham Wood for sharing his knowledge of stereoviews and the
1862 exhibition.
61 Waring, Masterpieces of Industrial Art & Sculpture, vol. 1, plate 35.
62 Christopher Dresser, Development of Ornamental Art in the International Exhibition
(London: Day & Son, 1862), 148.
63 “The International Exhibition: the Carpets of Kidderminster, &c.,” Birmingham Journal,
October 25, 1862.
64 “The Great Exhibition: Oriental Nations,” North Devon Journal, July 17, 1862.
65 Owen Jones, The Grammar of Ornament (London: Day & Son, 1856), 86.
66 Tim Barringer, “The South Kensington Museum and the Colonial Project,” in ed.
Barringer and Flynn, Colonialism and the Object, 15–17. See preparatory drawings by
Jones in the V&A, inv. nos. E.3607–1931–E.3612–1931, MISC.5882, MISC.5883,
MISC.5887.
67 Caroline Dakers, A Genius for Money: Business, Art and the Morrisons (New Haven:
Yale University Press, 2011), 228–230; Michael Darby, “Fonthill House,” The Wiltshire
Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 94 (2001); Chinese Porcelains and Enamels
from the Alfred Morrison Collection, Fonthill House, Tuesday, 9 November 2004. Sale
7100 (London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 2004), 8–9; Carol A. Hrvol Flores, Owen
Jones: Design, Ornament, Architecture, and Theory in an Age in Transition (New York:
Rizzoli, 2006), 175–177.
68 Plate 64 is possibly based on V&A, inv. no. 4785–1858.
69 Owen Jones, Examples of Chinese Ornament Selected from Objects in the South
Kensington Museum and Other Collections (London: S. & T. Gilbert, 1867), 1.
70 William Wareham acquired upwards of 90 “Summer Palace” pieces at Christie’s
1861–1867. See buyer lists for sales of May 27, 1861; June 6, 1861; July 5, 1861; May
15, 1862; May 30, 1862; July 21, 1862; July 20, 1863; July 14, 1864; July 25, 1864;
May 27, 1861. Catalogue of a Beautiful Collection of Japanese Porcelain, Bronzes,
Lacquer Ware, Cabinets, Boxes, &c.; and Some Beautiful Chinese Enamels, Crystals,
&c. from the Summer Palace, Pekin, The Property of a Gentleman . . . May 27, 1861
(London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1861), shows the handwritten note “Mr. Loch
Lord Elgins (sic) Secretary” on the cover. Durlacher bought at least 36 “Summer Palace”
objects. See buyer lists for sales of May 30, 1862; July 21, 1862; July 20, 1863; July 25,
1864; June 28, 1866. Christie’s archives, London.
71 Catalogue of Important Chinese Porcelain & Cloisonne Enamels; Collection of Chinese
Enamelled Porcelain, Cloisonné and Canton Enamels; Chinese Porcelains and Enamels
from the Alfred Morrison Collection; Imperial Treasures from the Fonthill Collection,
Sale 2838, 1 December 2010 (Hong Kong: Christie, Manson & Woods). www.christies.
com/Imperial-Treasures-from-the-23387.aspx.
72 Imperial Treasures from the Fonthill Collection, lot 2982.
73 Collection of Chinese Enamelled Porcelain, Cloisonné and Canton Enamels, 29, plate
11, lot 77. Catalogue states that lots 51–145 were purchased mostly from Loch, 23.
74 Lam, Qing Imperial Porcelain, number 101.
75 Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong: Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection
(Beijing: Forbidden City Publishing House, 1989), 361, number 42.