Chinese Export Porcelain Openwork Basket with Pitt Armorial Bombe Desk and Bookcase The Landing of the Pilgrims Side Chairs Penn's Treaty with the Indians

Artist/Maker Date Made ca. 1784-85 Place Made Materials Ceramics; Porcelain with uderglaze blue and overglaze enamels Measurements Funds donated by Mr. H. Richard Dietrich, Jr. Room Accession # 1972.0027 Chinese Export Plate from George Washington's "Society of the Cincinnati" Service The story of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, the selfless Roman farmer turned soldier in defense of his beloved Rome, stirred the imagination of Henry J. Knox (1750–1806) and his colleagues and led them to organize the Society of the Cincinnati.