This object belongs to a large dinner service (10.149.1–.248) bearing the Townley family coat-of-arms. The service, probably ordered by Justice Samuel Chase (1741–1811) of Annapolis, Maryland, displays the enamel-painted arms of Margaret Townley, Chase's aunt.
Credit: Bequest of James T. Woodward, 1910
1785-90
Porcelain
25.4cm
10.149.224a, b
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