. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . 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. Tlieformer 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 witha trumpet. Thes
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . 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. Tlieformer 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 witha 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) M-as sent to him. That 254: MOUNT VERNON Order, I omitted to mention in tlie proper place, cost threethousand dollars. Tlie 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 large Washingtons 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 ciip,and teapot. The set of china presented at the same time by the Frenchofficers to Mrs. Wasliington, 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 tlie outside ofeach cup and tureen, and the inside of each plate and saucer, AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 255
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