Plate, ca. 1785, Made in China, Chinese, for American market, Hard-paste porcelain, Diam. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm), Ceramics, This Chinese porcelain plate is one of a large group of porcelains owned by George Washington (1732–1799) and Henry Lee (1756–1818). Its underglaze-blue Fitzhugh border—an elaborate pattern of the late eighteenth century incorporating flowers, pomegranates, often butterflies, and other Chinese motifs
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Plate, ca, 1785, China, Chinese, American market, Hard-paste porcelain, Diam, 9 1/2, 24.1 cm, Ceramics, porcelain, plate, large group, porcelains owned, George Washington, 1732–1799, Henry Lee, 1756–1818, underglaze-blue Fitzhugh, border—, elaborate, pattern, late eighteenth, century, incorporating, flowers, pomegranates, butterflies, Chinese motifs
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