This engraving illustrates in reverse the designs for two dinner plates that were exhibited by Haughwout & Dailey Co. at the 1853 “exhibition of the industries of all the nations” in the Crystal Palace in New York City, the nation’s first world’s fair. The design on the left was selected by President Franklin Pierce in 1853, with the personalized monogram “p” eliminated, for an order of 287 pieces. The design on the right, with a version of the arms of the United States, was selected by Mary Todd Lincoln in 1861 and purchased from the successor firm, E.V. Haughwout & Co.

This photograph shows the mark that appears on late 19th century reproductions of the Abraham Lincoln state china service. Lincoln originally purchased a service from E.V. Haughwout & Co. for the White House in 1861.

These serving pieces were part of the china and glassware services that Mary Todd Lincoln ordered for their White House in 1861, during Abraham Lincoln's administration. The dessert wine glass and compote were produced by Christian Dorflinger's Greenpoint Glass Works of Brooklyn, New York, while the dinner plate was manufactured by E.V. Haviland & Co. of Limoges, France. Later administrations would reorder the Lincoln-pattern services into the 1880s.

These serving pieces, including a wine glass, a decanter, and a fruit basket, were part of the china and glassware items ordered to supplement the Lincoln services in 1866, during Andrew Johnson's administration. All of the pieces were purchased from E.V. Haughwout & Co. of New York, though the porcelain fruit basket was manufactured in Limoges, France, by Haviland & Co. First Lady Mary Lincoln originally selected services in these patterns in 1861.