Dessert plate with arms of Morgan, c. 1785
Unknown artist, Chinaexpand_more
Porcelainexpand_more
Gift of Leo A. and Doris Hodroffexpand_more 94.86.15
On View in Gallery 209expand_more
The service to which this dessert plate belongs was commissioned for John Morgan of Hartford, Connecticut. Brought back on the [i]Empress of China[i] in 1785, the service was among the earliest customized for an American. By 1784, when America began trading with China as an independent nation, armorial porcelain had already fallen out of fashion with Europeans.
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- Dessert plate with arms of Morgan
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- 94.86.15
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