Note Type
Historical NoteNote
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The Chinese porcelain, known as Chinese Export porcelain, is from the last half of the 17th century. Oriental tableware was highly prized and much sought after by well to do Europeans.
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Venetian glass, cruets, small perfume bottles, and a bowl had been brought to the New World by a merchant or government official and sometime later, returning home with the owner. Now only fragments remain of these once treasured objects.
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More examples of Chinese Export porcelain and Chinese red glass from the last half of the 17th century.