Abraham Lincoln Presidential Dinner Service, 1861
THF61306 / Abraham Lincoln Presidential Dinner Service, 1861
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Artifact Overview
First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln made great efforts to provide fashionable and impressive dining experiences at the White House. She bought huge quantities of specially designed Haviland china in 1861, and added to the service when Lincoln was re-elected. The china blanks were made in France and decorated in New York. Later, the china was determined to be outdated and was sold.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Dinner service
Date Made
1861-1865
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Dinner service decorated by E.V. Haughwout and Company in New York, New York. Blanks manufactured by an unknown French maker.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
30.1107.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Porcelain (Material)
Technique
Painting (Coating)
Transfer printing
Color
Blue
Brown
Green
Pink (Color)
Purple
Red
White (Color)
Yellow (Color)
Inscriptions
Printed on obverse, below shield, in pink ribbon: E PLURIBUS UNUM
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This reception was held in the East Room of the White House just after President Lincoln's second inauguration on March 4, 1865. The President and the first lady are prominently placed in the foreground receiving General and Mrs. Grant in a room filled with notable figures in the U. S. Government and Army. The scene is one of the last major public events before the President's Assassination on April 14, 1865.