A SMALL PLATTER FROM THE ELIAS MORGAN SERVICE

CIRCA 1785

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A SMALL PLATTER FROM THE ELIAS MORGAN SERVICE
CIRCA 1785
In the center the coat-of-arms in colored enamels, gilt and sepia and inscribed Elias Morgan in black script within crossed laurel boughs
8 5/8 in. (24.4 cm.) wide

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From a service made for Elias Morgan of Hartford, Connecticut (ancestor of J.P. Morgan) whose brother, John, had ordered a nearly identical service (with no inscription) that returned to America on The Empress of China, making them among the very first special orders for the new direct American trade with China. See D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, p. 102.

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