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55.Plate.Chinese(Americanmarket),ca.I785-90. Hardpaste.
Diam.6I/4in. (I5.9cm).Gift of GinsburgandLevyInc.,I956
(56.68)
Partofa muchlargerservicet,hissmallpuddingplatweasmadefor
EliasBoudino(tI74o0-821o)fNewJerseyI.tfeaturestheBoudinot
armorialwithin afloral border.Boudinotis not known to have had
anydirectiestotheChinatradea, lthoughhewasafriendofGeorge
Washingtonasnd hadbeenanAmericanRevolutionaryleaderA. lawyer
:byprofessionh,ehada distinguishedpoliticcaarleerse, rvingasNew
JerseydelegatteotheContinentaCl ongressfro1m777toi778andagain
fromi781to1784;hewasitspresidenint 1782and1783A. familytradi-
tionmaintaintshattheservicewiththeBoudinoatrmswascommis-
sionedfoerntertaininagt Boudinoth'sousein Philadelphiwahilehewas
presidenotftheContinentaCl ongresasndthathelatermovedtheservice
toBoxwoodHall,hishomeoutsidoefElizabethN, ewJerseyw, herehe
hostedWashingtoonnthewaytohisinauguration.
56.Jug.Chinese(Americanmarket)I, 8oo-I8I5. - ~"~-~~8e~~~~~~~8-?r~lp?~~-8~~~~~~~fa~a~~n~~~~8e~ ~ ....~~'T~~ i : ~~I~-~ vIt%s cl ' d~
Hard paste. H. with cover io in. (25.4 cm). Harris
Brisbane Dick Fund, I934 (34.74a,b)
TheinitialsET ingoldunderthespoutofthisjugare
thoseofEdwardTilghman(z75o-z8i5)a,prominent
lawyerinPhiladelphiaO. neofapair,thejug wasgiven
to Tilghmanby hisuncleBenjaminChewWilcocks,
activeinbusinesisn Canton.Wilcockosriginallyordered
fourjugssimilarlydecoratewdithportraibt ustsof
GeorgWe ashingtoingrisailleI.n additiontoTilghman's
pair,hehadoneinscribewd ithhisowninitials,BCW,
andthefourthwiththecipherCI,presumablyfor
CharleIsngersolal,friendof WilcocksTs.heportrait
of Washingtownasfaithfullycopiedfromanengraving
by David Edwin (z776-1841), who was working in
Ph- iladelPhia.
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