A LARGE PLATTER FROM THE DEWITT CLINTON SERVICE

D.S. Howard called Dewitt Clinton "...a giant in the political life of New York..." (New York and the China Trade, p. 113.) Hailing from an important Anglo-American family with a distinguished record in the Revolution, Clinton was a New York Assemblyman and then U.S. Senator before becoming Mayor and later a Presidential candidate defeated by James Madison. A platter from the collection of Diane and Norman Bernstein, The Lindens, was sold Sotheby's, New York, 22 January 2006, lot 3. A pair of dishes and covers was sold Christie's, New York, 23 January 2007, lot 187 and an oval dish, lot 188.