When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
The Capitol
1999 Collection number 20480312
This porcelain building isone in a collection based on the historic restoration at Colonial Williamsburg,Virginia. Designed by Lang & Wise Collectibles, this piece is finelydetailed and stamped with the official logo and product number.
Includes original green box withpicture and building description on bottom, original interior lighting withelectrical cord, and styrofoam packing material.
Piece has been taken out ofthe box approximatelythree times and is in near mint condition. It has alwaysbeen in a climate controlled and smoke free environment. Note: This piece ispart of the full size, lightedcollection and not the miniature “town hall” collection.
Historic Background: Henry Cary, a contractor finishing work on the College ofWilliam and Mary\'s Wren Building (the legislature\'s temporary home) tookcharge. He raised a two-story H-shaped structure – really two buildingsconnected by an arcade. Each measured 75 feet by 25 feet; their south endsterminated in semicircular apses penetrated by three large round windows.
The first colony to speak for American independence,Virginia spoke with the unanimous voices of the gentlemen who gathered May 15,1776, in the tall brick building that dominated the east end of Williamsburg.From what had been England\'s original New World possession, Virginia instructedits delegation at Philadelphia\'s Continental Congress to move the question offreedom. Thomas Jefferson\'s Declaration of Independence records the ContinentalCongress\'s answer.
