• Dinner Plate, Lincoln Service
    E.V. Haughwout & Co.
    china
    plate
    This French porcelain dinner plate was part of the "royal purple" or "Solferino" state service first purchased for the White House from the New York firm E.V. Haughwout & Co. in 1861. The service was first ordered during President Abraham Lincoln's administration and reordered through the 1880s. The plate features a royal purple border lined with gold dots and a gold cable pattern, as well as a design inspired by the Great Seal of the United States. Bates Littlehales photographed this plate in 1962.
  • Dinner Plate, Lincoln Service
    E.V. Haughwout & Co.
    china
    plate
    This French porcelain dinner plate was part of the "royal purple" or "Solferino" state service first purchased for the White House from the New York firm E.V. Haughwout & Co. in 1861. The service was first ordered during President Abraham Lincoln's administration and reordered through the 1880s. The plate features a royal purple border lined with gold dots and a gold cable pattern, as well as a design inspired by the Great Seal of the United States. Bates Littlehales photographed this plate in 1962.
  • Lincoln Toilet Set Chamberstick
    E.V. Haughwout & Co.
    toilet set
    This chamberstick was part of a toilet set ordered in 1861. The piece is part of the "royal purple" or "Solferino" service first ordered for the White House during the Abraham Lincoln administration, and reordered through the 1880s. On the sides of the cups and the center of the platter is a design inspired by the Great Seal of the United States, featuring an eagle standing atop a shield and holding arrows and an olive branch.
  • Punch Bowl in the Lincoln State Service
    E.V. Haughwout & Co.
    china service
    This French porcelain punch bowl was part of the "royal purple" or "Solferino" state service first purchased for the White House from the New York firm E.V. Haughwout & Co. in 1861. The service was first ordered during Abraham Lincoln's administration and reordered through the 1880s. The pattern includes a royal purple border and gold details.
  • Oval Fruit Basket, Compote, Round Fruit Basket in the Lincoln State Service
    E.V. Haughwout & Co.
    china service
    These porcelain dessert serving pieces, including an oval fruit basket, a compote, and a round fruit basket, were made in France and decorated by the New York firm E.V. Haughwout & Co. in 1861. The pieces were part of the "royal purple" or "Solferino" service first ordered for the White House during the Abraham Lincoln administration, and reordered through the 1880s. The pattern includes a design likely inspired by the Great Seal of the United States, featuring an eagle standing atop a shield and holding arrows and an olive branch.
  • Lincoln Royal Purple Service
    E.V. Haughwout & Co.
    china service
    These French-made porcelain serving pieces -decorated in New York - are from a state service pattern originally selected by Mary Todd Lincoln. Shown from (left to right) are a footed after dinner coffee cup, custard cup, tea cup and saucer, coffee cup and saucer, and fish platter (rear). The pieces were part of the "royal purple" or "Solferino" service first ordered for the White House in 1861, and reordered multiple times throughout the 1880s. The eagle motif that decorates the service was inspired by the Great Seal of the United States.
  • Dinner Plate in the Lincoln State Service
    E.V. Haughwout & Co.
    china service
    This French porcelain dinner plate was part of the "royal purple" or "Solferino" state service first purchased for the White House from the New York firm E.V. Haughwout & Co. in 1861. The service was first ordered during Abraham Lincoln's administration and reordered through the 1880s. The plate features a royal purple border lined with gold dots and a gold cable pattern, as well as a design inspired by the Great Seal of the United States.