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This replacement porcelain tea plate was commissioned to match a set belonging to Margaret Ann Henry Miller (1827–1881). Margaret Ann Henry was born at Red Hill, the oldest child of John (1796–1868) and Elvira McClelland Henry (1808–1875), and a granddaughter of Patrick Henry through her father’s side. She married William Alexander Miller (1824–1923) in 1849 and the couple moved to Lynchburg. Mr. Miller purchased the original china set for his wife sometime after their marriage.
The replacement set has a green manufacturer's mark with an underlined P|S, with “Bavaria” written underneath. In blue, the letters WCFR are written overlapping each other in a vertical line. This set is believed to have been manufactured by the Fr. Böhme Porzellanfabrik in Sorau, Brandenburg, Germany sometime during the late 19th or early 20th century. The factory was started by Gustav Otremba in 1888, and joined by Franz Böhme, who became the sole owner in 1892. Eventually, the company was obtained by the Christian & Ernst Carstens consortium and renamed C. & E. Carstens Porzellanfabrik Sorau N.L. The factory in Brandenburg was destroyed by a fire in 1945.
The china set remained in the Miller family, passing down to Margaret Penick Nuttle (1913–2009), the great-granddaughter of Margaret Ann Henry Miller and third-great granddaughter of Patrick Henry. Mrs. Nuttle descended from the Henry line through her mother, Margaret Dabney Penick (1879–1962), whose mother Florence Miller Dabney (1853–1923) was the daughter of Margaret Henry Miller. In October 2000, Mrs. Nuttle donated the china to the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation.