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45. Plate. Chinese (American ;: f
market),ca. I784-85. Hard
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pasteD. iam.9'/2 in.(24.I cm).
P who had been aide-de-camp to George
Rogers Fund, I9I7 (I7-73) s :_ ; Washington during the Revolutionary War
and later to General Henry Knox. Green and
Thisplatebearsa ratherwhim- Shaw were responsible to their investors not
sicalAngeol fFamedisplaying only for guiding the ship safely from New
theblueandwhiteribbonand oEYmoprkrtoesCs hina and back again but also for
emblemof theSocietyof the navigating the intricacies of doing business
CincinnatiI.ts underglazbelue there. Shaw became an important figure in
Fitzhugh border-an elaborate promoting the taste for Chinese porcelain in
patternofthelateeighteenth A: merica and later was appointed the first
centuryincorporatingflowers, United States consul in Canton. When the
pomegranateosf,tenbutterflies,
and otherChinesemotifs and Empress of China arrived back in New York
itsoverglazde ecoratiocnorre- Harbor on May 11, 1785, her cargo con-
spondto the largegroupof sisted of precious silks, teas, fans (fig. 43),
porcelainsownedby George umbrellas, window blinds, and porcelains
Washington(1732-i799) andt goods all actively sought by American
HenryLee (i756-I&88), each
of whomownedan extensive
servicein thepattern.
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