Lot 619
619
AN ASSEMBLED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ‘ROSE MEDALLION’ PART DINNER SERVICE
AN ASSEMBLED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ‘ROSE MEDALLION’ PART DINNER SERVICE
AN ASSEMBLED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ‘ROSE MEDALLION’ PART DINNER SERVICE
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AN ASSEMBLED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ‘ROSE MEDALLION’ PART DINNER SERVICE
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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN COLLECTION
A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN 'ROSE MEDALLION' PART SERVICE MADE FOR PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT

CIRCA 1868

Details
A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN 'ROSE MEDALLION' PART SERVICE MADE FOR PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT
CIRCA 1868
Each with a central USG monogram within a laurel wreath, the wide rim with four fan-shaped panels of court scenes or birds, insects and butterflies, all among scrolling peony vine on a gold-ground, comprising:
A soup plate
A dinner plate
Five side plates
Four bread plates
Three saucers
Together with
Three teacups without monograms, possibly associated,
9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) diameter, the soup and dinner plate
Provenance
With Polly Latham, Boston (most).
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Lot Essay

The present pieces come from a 315 piece service ordered in 1868 by Mrs. Grant from Daniel Amren, a merchant in China. Delivered the following year, it is believed to have been used by the Grants during their time at the White House. See Herbert, Peter and Nancy Schiffer, China for America, Export Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries, Exton, PA, 1980, p. 83.

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