A SMALL PAIR OF MOUNT VERNON PLATES

CIRCA 1805

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A SMALL PAIR OF MOUNT VERNON PLATES
CIRCA 1805
Decorated in grisaille and gilt with an oval containing the famous scene and a grapevine border on the rim
6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

Howard & Ayers, op. cit., illustrate a Mount Vernon plate from the Mottahedeh collection and note that several variations of commemorative Mount Vernon services were made following the 1799 death of President Washington, probably based on the 1803 Samuel Seymour engraving. These plates descended in the family of Captain Daniel C. Bacon of Boston.

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