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Porcelain plate with a scalloped rim and a blue band decorated with a central enameled image of an eagle and a colorful winged figure holding a horn.
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  • Porcelain plate with a scalloped rim and a blue band decorated with a central enameled image of an eagle and a colorful winged figure holding a horn.

Date:

c. 1785

Artist:

China (for the American market)

About this artwork

The center of this plate depicts a fanciful figure of Fame with the emblem of the Society of the Cincinnati, a group founded in the wake of the American Revolution to preserve rights and liberties. Originally enhanced with gilt decoration, the blue-and-white underglaze border, known as the Fitzhugh pattern, incorporates flowers, butterflies, and Chinese decorative motifs. George Washington, the society’s first president, and Colonel Henry Lee, a Revolutionary War cavalry officer, both owned extensive dinner services in this pattern.

Status

On View, Gallery 166

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Title

Plate

Place

China (Object made in:)

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1780–1790

Medium

Porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding

Dimensions

Diam.: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Frederick S. Colburn

Reference Number

1958.224

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