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Collection
Wheatland
Title
Parisian Pink Platter
Object ID
W.1998.001.016
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Collection
Wheatland
Title
Parisian Pink Platter
Description
Parisian Pink decorated china platter. pink and gold border with a gold medallion at the center of the platter. Designed by Jean-Pierre Feuillet. Some wear on interior and exterior gold border.
Provenance
Buchanan, James
To Johnston, Harriet Lane
To Fay, Patty Lane
To Sebrell, Patty Lane Fay
To James Buchanan Foundation
LancasterHistory
Year Range From
1814
Year Range To
1825
Made By
Nast or Darte Freres factory; designed Jean-Pierre Feuillet.
Last Owner
Buchanan, James
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Dining Room
Storage Wall
Southwest Wall
Storage Cabinet
Built-in Cupboard
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
People
Buchanan, James
Johnston, Harriet Lane
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Platter
Material
Porcelain
Height (cm)
5.08
Height (ft)
0.1666666667
Height (in)
2
Length (cm)
53.975
Length (ft)
1.7708333333
Length (in)
21.25
Width (cm)
38.1
Width (ft)
1.25
Width (in)
15
Object ID
W.1998.001.016
Notes
James Buchanan purchased the platter as part of a Parisian Pink china service from the retiring French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt at his Washington diplomatic residence in the year 1846.
The catalog number written on the bottom of the platter is 98.1.18 and will need to be changed to W.1998.001.016.
Credit
Sebrell Family
Accession Number
W.1998.001
Images
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