Four Chinese Export Blue Canton Serving Pieces

19th century, to include an octagonal warming plate (hairlines); an oblong lidded vegetable server (rim chips); a vegetable server (lacking lid); and a meat platter (some glaze wear and chips at rim).

Platter 14.25 x 11 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.