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consumers. Itis possible that among Shaw's 46. Punch Bowl. Chinese (American market), ca. 1788.Hard paste.
prized personal treasures, acquired during H. 47/8 in. (12.4 cm). Gift of the grandchildren of Francis George Shaw,
that or a subsequent voyage, was a tower-
ing, carved, and pieced ivory pagoda, the 1927 (27.144)
complexity and delicacy of which must
have entranced all who saw it (fig. 44). SamuelShaw, in whosefamilythisbowl descendedo, rderednumeroussetsof
porcelainembellishedwith a largeversionof thebadgeof the Societyof the
Porcelains were a significant part of the Cincinnati(seebackcover).Thisrenderingof the emblemis highlydetailedand
Empress of China'scargo. The number of suspendedfroma tiny ribbonabovetheflorid initials SS, for SamuelShaw.
pieces purchased by Shaw was so great that Therestof thebowl hasbeenleft mostlyundecorateda,ccentuatingthepure
the second American ship to voyage to whitenessof thebody.Shaw orderedsetswith decorationvirtually identicalto
China, the Pallas, brought the remainder that of his own servicebutpersonalizedforfellowmembersof theMassachusetts
when she arrived in Baltimore in August chapterof thenewlyformedsociety.
1785. Among the orders Shaw placed in
Canton was one for a service decorated with 43

an intricate underglaze blue border similar
to that on numerous Britisharmorial ser-

vices. Itwas distinguished by a central motif
in overglaze enamels and gilding, the Angel
of Fame, holding aloft the ribbon and badge
of the Society of the Cincinnati (fig. 45). The
Chinese interpretation of the motif, though
pleasing to Shaw, may not have been