2022-1-26

外销瓷中有一个品类叫奶杯，广彩的有，青花的有，粉彩的更多。但正如维基百科上所说，奶杯不是中国原创，而是来自西方的定制。

广彩奶杯

粉彩奶杯

青花奶杯

• Creamer is a small pitcher or jug designed for holding cream or milk to be served with tea or coffee in the Western tradition. It is an obligatory part of a coffee or tea set, whether in silver or ceramics.

可是这种奶杯是什么时候，又是谁最早发明的呢，号称档桉考据最精的西方博物馆里，也并没有记载。可是英国用一种非常时髦的奶牛奶杯，是十八世纪中期从荷兰传过来的，最早是金属的，很快就做成了陶瓷的，并传播世界各地。英国陶瓷艺术博物馆里，收藏有667件各种各样的的瓷奶牛奶杯。

• The earliest cow creamers in England were imports from Holland, made in silver. From the mid 18th century Staffordshire potters copied the idea. The popularity of ceramic cow creamers grew throughout the remainder of the 18th century and into the 19th century. Production spread to include the potteries of Tyneside, Yorkshire, South Wales, and South Scotland, all making creamers in the Staffordshire style.

• The silver cow creamer was first made by the Dutch immigrant John Schuppe in the 1750s. Little is known about John Schuppe other than that he was a Dutch immigrant and flourished in England c1753-1773. His mark was first registered in the UK in 1753, and over the next twenty years, he focused solely on the production of these novelty jugs.

  
  

奶杯传到中国，在出口创汇，肯定是乾隆后期以后的事情了。通常是和茶壶和其它餐具成套搭配的。

茶壶、茶盘和奶杯 （1795-1800 - 波士顿博物馆藏品

茶壶、茶叶盒和奶杯 (1780) - 波士顿博物馆藏品