Chen Quin Jack

Chinese Australian family history

Everyday Treasures from a Chinese Home

Collection of antique Chinese ceramics and stoneware - Kira Brown Collection

Saved from the great Tingha auction of 1978, are these domestic objects from Chen Quin and Mary (nee Fuller) Jack’s home at Hymen Villa.

They include: soy sauce bottles, ginger and pickling jars, Chinese choppers, baskets and decorative soup spoons.

  • Spouted brown stoneware soy sauce or oil jar, made in China between 1850 and 1875
  • Liquor bottle, Chinese brown-glazed stoneware 
  • Wide-mouthed jar, Chinese brown-glazed stoneware
  • Straight-sided jars and lids, Chinese brown-glazed stoneware
  • Barrel jar green glazed stoneware
  • Chinese Ceramic Ginger Jar, c1800s
  • Chinese bamboo wicker baskets
  • 19thC Chinese porcelain hand-painted soup spoons in Mandarin Rose Medallion design
  • A collection of Chinese choppers or meat cleavers

Chinese Porcelain and ceramics

Chinese Porcelain Marks: I found this site a great reference point for details and dates of ceramics

Other Family Collections

There are two hexagonal Chinese tin canisters, possibly for Longjing Tea, in the collection of Denis Gaibraith, a descendant of Jack, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at a family reunion in 2018.

2 responses to “Everyday Treasures from a Chinese Home”

  1. Kay Smith Avatar
    Kay Smith

    Hi Kira I have a similar item to the Famille Rose ceramic bowl

    I don’t know how long it’s been in my family but I know we used it when I was a child

    Cheers Kay Smith (nee Tack)

    Sent from my iPad

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    1. Kira@Sauce Avatar
      Kira@Sauce

      Thanks for sharing Kay, that’s wonderful.

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