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To: Moonman62

Winterthur has a large collection of the original GW plates that were apparently on the first ship from China for GW in 1784 - 1785.

GW had the Society of Cincinnati motifs painted on the whole shipment : hundreds of pieces.

Apparently, they were his prized porcelain service that he used in New York, Philadelphia...

His grandson then used the service at Arlington House, but Robert E. Lee lost them ...

The Smithsonian, the Dept. of State, White House, the Lee homes ...also have a few pieces.

They are wonderful.

IMO


24 posted on 03/21/2008 6:12:03 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
" but Robert E. Lee lost them ..."

'Splain?

77 posted on 03/22/2008 11:13:02 AM PDT by norton
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