White House China of the Lincoln Administration in the Museum of History and Technology

by Margaret Brown Klapthor

Figure 8.—Letterhead of J. K. Kerr, from whom the buff set was ordered. (Smithsonian photo 60001-B.)

Figure 9.—Gravy boat and soup bowl from the buff-bordered French porcelain ordered by Mrs. Lincoln for the White House in 1865. (USNM acc. 228204; Smithsonian photo 48115-Y.)

Figure 10.—Pieces from the buff-bordered service displayed in the China Room in the White House. (Photo by Abbie Rowe, courtesy National Park Service.)

Figure 11.—Soup bowl from the Royal Worcester service used at the summer White House at the Soldiers’ Home during the administration of President Abraham Lincoln. (USNM acc. 228204; Smithsonian photo 48115-F.)