Saucer
- Object Name:
- Saucer
- Object ID:
- 2023.015.02
- Creator:
- Haughwout & Dailey
Retailer - Place of Origin:
- France
- Date:
- 1853
- Description:
- Porcelain saucer, with cup (.01). From Franklin Pierce presidential china set. Made in France. Decorated and sold by Haughwout & Dailey, New York, 1853. Scalloped rim lined with gold and blue. Border stippled with gold dots. Typescript label on reverse: "French, c. 1853 / From the Pierce / White House / service. / #83-011". No maker's mark.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Provenance:
- Purchased by the donor at Pook & Pook auction, Downington, PA, May 8, 2023, Lot #4406.
In July 1853, Franklin Pierce dedicated the opening of the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York, where he admired porcelain displayed by retailer Haughwout & Dailey. The New York firm imported blank porcelain from France and then decorated and sold it. Pierce evidently liked one of the designs on display, and ordered a 241-piece service for $563.24. After Piece left office in March 1857, an unknown portion of the service was sold or given away. - Credit Line:
- Gift of William W. Upton
- People:
- Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869)
- Subjects:
- White House
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