This glassware was part of a set ordered by President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961 from the Morgantown Glassware Guild of Morgantown, West Virginia. The purchase of the elegant, simple set ended a long tradition of engraved glassware at the White House. The glassware became widely popular as many Americans purchased the same set for their households.

This colored glassware, including a decanter, a glass, and a finger bowl, was likely made in England between 1820 and 1840. The glass and finger bowl were owned by President James Polk and First Lady Sarah Childress Polk. The decanter was given to the White House as a gift in 1907 by a woman whose mother purchased it at a White House sale in the 19th century.

This porcelain cup was made by the Royal Saxon Porcelain Manufactory of Meissen, Germany, circa 1800, soon after George Washington's death. The manufacturer based the likeness on this cup after a portrait of Washington painted by American artist Charles Willson Peale.

This selection of gilded silver objects were made in the 18th and 19th centuries by some of the finest French and English silversmiths of the time. The pieces were part of a donation of over 1,500 silver gilt, or vermeil, objects made to the White House in 1956 by Margaret Thompson Biddle, a close friend of First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. Special cabinets to house the collection were built in a ground floor room of the White House, now known as the Vermeil or Gold Room.

These porcelain serving pieces were made in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and used by early presidents. The Chinese export porcelain sugarbowl on the left was part of Martha Washington's personal china and bears her initials, as well as the names of the first states. The cup and saucer on the right were part of a service that James and Dolley Madison purchased from James Monroe, featuring a monogram designed by Mrs. Madison.

This still life of fruit and a live bird is by Severin Roesen. The canary and the titular clear glass goblet are featured in the lower left corner of the painting, which is the most brightly lit, while the basket of grapes and other fruits falls into shadow on the right side of the painting. The German-born Roesen immigrated to the United States in 1848 and was a prolific painter of still lifes such as this one. Three of his still lifes are in the White House Collection.