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48. Covered Sauce Tureen and Underplate.
Chinese (American market), ca. 1786. Hard
paste. Tureen: h. 5I/2 in. (I4 cm). Rogers
Fund, 1948 (48.8.Ia, b). Underplate: 1. 77/8 in.
(20 cm). Purchase, Anna Glen B. Vietor
Gift, in memory of her husband, Alexander
Orr Vietor, 1992 (1992.287)

This sauce tureen may originally have ampli-
fied 272-piece dinner service, described
a
merely
" that was ordered Elias Hasket
as "ciphered, by
a
Derby (1739-1799), wealthy Salem merchant
active in the China trade. It was presumably
part of the cargo of the i786-87 voyage of the
Grand Turk, a shipfinanced by Derby and
one of thefirstAmerican vessels to embark on
trade with Chinafollowing the voyage of the
Empress of China.

49. Plate. Chinese (American market),
ca. I785-90. Hard paste. Diam. 95/8 in.
(24.4 cm). Gift of Charles K. Davis, 1948
(48.172.3)

This restrainedplate was madefor the
Morganfamily ofHartford, Connecticut.
There were two similar Morgan services, each
arms. Below the
of whicfeatured thefamily
the
arms on one version is the name "Morgan";
other (shown here) includes the given name
"Elias"as well. The Morgan family had ties to
the China trade through John Morgan, a
on the
carpenter Empress of Chinas first
voyage to the Far East. Relatives his, the
of
half brothers John and Elias, were prominent
hardware merchantsfrom Hartford.

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