LAFAYETTE CHINA

AIRED: Season 1, Episode 10
THE DETECTIVES: Gwen Wright and Elyse Luray
THE PLACE: Powel House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

THE CASE:

Hearts and arrows blaze across an unusual set of china at the Powel House in Philadelphia.

Family legend claims the Marquis de Lafayette gave the set to Elizabeth Willing, the popular wife of the Patriot Mayor.

The History Detectives look into the facts and fiction behind this racy 18th century gift.

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