1760-1780
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Artist/maker unknownAn English merchant first shipped Chinese export porcelain decorated with underglaze-blue landscapes or floral compositions to George Washington's Virginia home, Mount Vernon, in 1762. The Washingtons purchased “blue-and-white” ware at least nine times during the following thirty-five years.
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