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American Eagle Plate, Early 18th Century

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Made for a family in Salem Mass, following the American revolution, this example demonstrates the degree of customization there was in export-ware sent around the globe from the Orient to America , as well as Europe . Trade with the Dutch over a century earlier actually started this new age of trade in export ceramics. Changing economic factors caused Far East countries to openly trade with sailing ships from the West  as they began to circumnavigate the globe.