A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN AMERICAN EAGLE 'ORANGE FITZHUGH' OVAL HOT WATER PLATTER
A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN AMERICAN EAGLE 'ORANGE FITZHUGH' OVAL HOT WATER PLATTER

1800-1810

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A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN AMERICAN EAGLE 'ORANGE FITZHUGH' OVAL HOT WATER PLATTER
1800-1810
decorated with an en grisaille spread-winged United States eagle, his chest blazoned with an American shield and puce banner inscribed E Pluribus Unum, enclosed by four chrysanthemum clusters in the typical Fitzhugh manner below a similarly decorated border and rim
14 ½ in. wide
Provenance
Sold, Christie's, New York, 23 February 1984, lot 151

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