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THBA breakfast plate from the Benjamin Harrison White House service
Lot 252
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[HARRISON, BENJAMIN] A breakfast plate from the Benjamin Harrison White House service. A porcelain plate with scalloped edge, the border with a cornstalk design in gilt around a blue band with 44 gold stars for each state then in the Union, at center is an eagle over a shield and ribbon derivative from the Lincoln china, the verso with the green mark of "T&V" [for Tresseman and Vogt, Limoges] within a box above the word "France," also on the verso is painted "Harrison 1892." 8 1/2 inches in diameter (21.5 cm). A few small repairs to nicks around the edges, one longer repaired crack with some paint infill, an old label on the verso offers provenance but the last name is obscured. Finding the china of the Executive Mansion in shambles upon arrival in 1889, First Lady Caroline Harrison, an accomplished china painter, designed a new service for the White House in 1889. As a nod to the Lincoln administration, the central motif is copied, and as opposed to the Lincoln service, the plates were stamped "Harrison 1892" to discourage souvenir hunters. Mrs. Harrison "had contributed to the White House what many people think is the most handsome of all the formal dinner services designed specifically for that house." Additional pieces for the set were ordered in 1892, but unfortunately, Mrs. Harrison did not live to see the full service in use; she died in October 1892. See: M. B. Klapthor, Official White House China, 2nd edn., The Barra Foundation for Abrams, 1999, pp. 127-131. Marian Klamkin. White House China. Scribner's, 1972, p. 98.No condition report? Click below to request one.*Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available. Request a condition report
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