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2020-199, Plate
Plate
2020-199, Plate

Plate

Dateca. 1785
MediumHard-paste porcelain
DimensionsOD: 9 3/4"; OH: 7/8"
Credit LineBequest of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hennage
Object number2020-199
DescriptionChinese porcelain plate with blue Fitzhugh border and central decoration depicting the trumpeting Angel Fame holding the badge for the Order of the Society of the Cincinnati.
Label TextThis blue bordered plate is from the first service bearing the insignia of the Society of the Cincinnati. Supercargo Samuel Shaw ordered the service on his inaugural voyage to Canton in 1784, marking the young United States’ entry into direct trade with China following the American Revolution. Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee eventually purchased the service for George Washington who served as the Society of the Cincinnati’s first president.
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