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1765–70 · Hard-paste porcelain · The American Wing
Chinese export porcelain was one of the luxuries deemed essential to a well-appointed eighteenth-century house. Until 1784, when direct trade began between China and America, Chinese porcelain came to the colonies by way of Europe. This soup plate was part of a large service that descended in the Verplanck family of New York.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1765–70
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain
- Culture
- Chinese, for American market
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Samuel Verplanck, 1942
