This photograph of a piece of silver or vermeil from the White House Collection was taken by Matthew D'Agostino in the Blue Room on February 10, 2014 during the Barack Obama administration. This photograph was taken during a press preview held that day to showcase the decor and menu ahead of a State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama for President François Hollande of the French Republic, including a look at the French influences in the White House rooms and fine and decorative arts in the White House Collection. Among pieces on display in the Blue Room was this vase.

This bronze doré, or gilded bronze, vase has an unknown creator and is part of the White House Collection. This vase is one of a pair likely acquired by President James Monroe in 1817, when he purchased several French pieces including furniture, silver, and porcelain. The vase was photographed by Bates Littlehales in April 1962.

This bronze doré, or gilded bronze, vase has an unknown creator and is part of the White House Collection. This vase is one of a pair likely acquired by President James Monroe in 1817, when he purchased several French pieces including furniture, silver, and porcelain. The vase was photographed by Bates Littlehales in April 1962.

This glassware set, featuring two celery vases and a wine glass cooler shown with a wine glass in it, was created by the Bakewell, Page & Bakewell Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Each piece is etched with grapes and grapevines, as well as a design inspired by the Great Seal, with an eagle standing atop a shield holding arrows and an olive branch, although the shield in this design contains stars in the chief which are not present in either the Great Seal or the presidential arms. The set is purportedly part of a service that President Andrew Jackson ordered in 1829 that remained in use until President Franklin Pierce bought a new service in 1853, though scholarship contends the service may have been made as recently as the early 1850s.

This porcelain vase with a decorative landscape painting was manufactured either at the shop of Pierre-Louis Dagoty or the National Porcelain Factory of Sèvres.

This vase shows a portrait of President Andrew Jackson as he appeared at the time of the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. This particular image is based on a widely-distributed engraving of John Vanderlyn's 1819 portrait. The vase became part of the White House collection in 1979.

These cobalt blue porcelain vases depict Benjamin Franklin's home and view of Passy where he lived when he was the American minister to France. They were ordered for the Card Room, now known as the Green Room during the Monroe Administration.

These vases, attributed to Pierre-Louis Dagoty of Paris, were purchased for the Red Room. One shows a seaside scene with Homer, and the other shows a landscape with Byzantine general Belisarius. The swans on the handles are often seen on French Empire objects. This firm also produced a dinner and dessert service for the President's House in 1817.

These painted and gilded vases bear the presidential portraits of Presidents George Washington and John Adams. The vases were a gift of the White House Historical Association in 2000.

This Satsuma style vase is one of a pair that briefly resided on the Red Room mantel before being replaced by a pair of Tiffany vases during the Arthur Administration redecoration. The vases were moved to Green Room between 1884 and 1885. They were originally purchased in 1883.

The vases here come from two different pairs that decorated the mantel in the Red Room. The vase on the left is one of a pair of Satsuma vases purchased and placed on either side of the Red Room mantel which were replaced by the Tiffany vase on the right and its companion. This replacement happened when President Chester Arthur commissioned Louis C. Tiffany and Co./Associated Artists to execute major decorative work for most of the White House State Floor in 1882. The rooms Tiffany decorated were: the East Room, Blue Room, Red Room, Entrance Hall, and Cross Hall.

This painted and gilded vase bears a portrait of President John Adams, which is after an engraving of a painting by John Singleton Copley. The vases were a gift of the White House Historical Association in 2000.

Both of these vases were produced by either William Ellis Tucker or Joseph Hemphill, both of Tucker and Hemphill in Philadelphia. This firm was the most significant porcelain factory of early 19th century America. The vase on the left depicts President Andrew Jackson and has patriotic motifs on the reverse. The vase on the right is the reverse view and has a portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette on the front. The vases were added to the White House Collection through the White House Acquisition Fund in 1979.

This cobalt blue porcelain vase was manufactured at the National Porcelain Factory of Sèvres, France, and was presented by the President Felix Faure of France to President William McKinley in 1898 to commemorate the inauguration of the Franco-American cable under the Atlantic Ocean.

These gilded vases with portraits of President George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette have historically been placed in the Red Room. The photograph of these vases is credited to Bruce White.