
Plate from the Society of the Cincinnati Service of George Washington
c. 1785 · Hard-paste porcelain
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Artworks made 1700 to 1800. 38 recorded, each with a cited chain of ownership. The era is read from the year on each record; the record's own date line is what counts.

c. 1785 · Hard-paste porcelain
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1732 · Carved spruce top
University of California, Los Angeles

1770 · Silver
Science Museum, London

c. 1773 · Chased and repousse silver over an iron and...
The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle

1732 · Etching and engraving on laid paper
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1794 · Relief etching printed in colour
The Whitworth, The University of Manchester

1721 · Spruce top
Private collection

c. 1750 · White oak carcase veneered with bloodwood
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

1720 · Cypress
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1766-1769 · Brass fusee movement with verge escapement...
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

1727 · Silver
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

1777-1779 · Curly and grained maple veneer and mahogany
Kunstgewerbemuseum
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