Blue Canton Bread & Butter Plate

Blue Canton Bread & Butter PlateCurrently on display in Monticellos Dining Room! The most fashionable tables in the early American Republic were set with blue and white Canton or Nanking wares, named for the great Chinese trading ports from which they came. Chinese blue and white porcelain was in demand in this country well into the nineteenth century and has become a part of the heritage of many American families. Blue Canton Bread & Butter Plate is 6 3 4" diameter, made by

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agriculture

provide afternoon shade in hot-summer regions

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fresh smell when dry

Included in Philadelphia nurseryman Bernard McMahon’s The American Gardener’s Calendar (1806)

this classic cup features a smooth

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introduced to Britain by 1724

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