Three Chinese Export Blue Canton Vegetable Servers

19th century, each with traditional blue and white decoration of a Chinese landscape, with diapered border and pinecone knop.

Largest 6 x 10 x 9.5 in.

Private Collection, Southeast Virginia

By descent from the Estate of Bill Selden, Athens, Tennessee

Exhibited at the McMinn County Living Heritage Museum, Athens, Tennessee, this china descended through the Maria Pemberton Selden family of Virginia, which traces back to the Revolutionary War.

Smallest with hairline; middle size with rim chip and flakes to knop; largest with old staple repair across top and bottom.