CIRCA 1796-1810

D.S. Howard called Dewitt Clinton "...a giant in the political life of New York..." (New York and the China Trade, 1984 ex. cat., p. 113.) Hailing from an important Anglo-American family with a distinguished record in the Revolution and early New York state politics, Clinton was a New York Assemblyman and then U.S. Senator before becoming Mayor and later a Presidential candidate defeated by James Madison. The larger pieces of the Clinton service include the interlaced gilt monogram DWCMFC. See a covered dish illustrated by the Schiffers, op. cit., p. 94, then in the collection of Mrs. Joseph Alsop and on loan to the White House. A platter from the collection of Diane and Norman Bernstein, The Lindens, was sold Sotheby's, New York, 22 January 2006, lot 3. A pair of dishes and covers was sold Christie's, New York, 23 January 2007, lot 187 and an oval dish, lot 188.