Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical and pictorial . ich are not incommon use. He undoubtedly referred to the sets of chinawhich had been presented, one to himself, and the other toMrs. Washington, by the officers of the French army. Theformer was a dull white in color, with heavy and confusedscroll and leaf ornaments in bandeaux of deep blue, and hav-ing upon the sides of the cups and tureens, and in the bottomsof the plates, saucers, and meat dishes, the Order of the Cin-cinnati, held by Fame, personated by a winged woman Mitha trumpet. These designs were skilfully pai
Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical and pictorial . ich are not incommon use. He undoubtedly referred to the sets of chinawhich had been presented, one to himself, and the other toMrs. Washington, by the officers of the French army. Theformer was a dull white in color, with heavy and confusedscroll and leaf ornaments in bandeaux of deep blue, and hav-ing upon the sides of the cups and tureens, and in the bottomsof the plates, saucers, and meat dishes, the Order of the Cin-cinnati, held by Fame, personated by a winged woman Mitha trumpet. These designs were skilfully painted in delicatecolors. These sets of china were presented to Washington and hiswife, at the time when the elegant and costly Order of theCincinnati (delineated on page 130) was sent to him. That 240 MOUNT VERNON Order, I omitted to mention in the proper place, cost threethousand dollaris. The whole of the eagle, except the beak andeye, is composed of diamonds. So, also, is the group of mili-tary emblems above it, in which each drum-head is composedof one larffe WASHINGTON S CINCINNATI CHINA. Several pieces of the Cincinnati china, as it is called, arepreserved at Arlington House. In the engraving is shown agroup composed of a large plate, a soup tureen, custard cup,and teapot. The set of china prescjitcil at the same time by the Frenchofficers to Mrs. Washington, was of similar material, but moredelicate in color than the generals. The ornamentation wasalso far more delicate, excepting the delineation of the figureand Cincinnati Order on the former. Around the outside ofeach cup and tureen, and the inside of each plate and saucer. AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. Ml
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