Saltcellar 1736–95 Chinese export porcelain was one of the luxuries deemed essential to a well-appointed eighteenth-century house. Until 1784, when direct trade began between China and America, Chinese porcelain came to the colonies by way of Europe. This saltcellar was part of a large service that descended in the Verplanck family of New York. View more. Saltcellar. 1736–95. Porcelain. Made in China

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