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Description: One of two porcelain, oblong-shaped gravyboats with attached plate and scalloped rim with shaped spouts at narrow ends of the boat. Gold laurel leaf border; inside wider band of pink bordered with gold and a white baseseated on white oval center on attached plate. Boat's white surface features monogram 'HEJ' and coat of arms (armored upraised arm with dagger) in gold. Plate also has gold laurel leaf border and inside wider band of pink bordered with gold decor.

Provenance: Harriet Lane & Henry Elliot Johnston; To Mary C. Speer; To Mrs. Francis H. Denny; To Mr. & Mrs. Talbot T. Speer; To James Buchanan Foundation; LancasterHistory

Date Range: 1872

Made By: Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, Designed by Jacquel

Last Owner: Johnston, Harriet Lane and Henry Elliot

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Dining Room

Storage Wall: East Wall

Storage Cabinet: Built-in Cupboard

Storage Shelf: Shelf 3

People: Johnston, Harriet Lane; Johnston, Henry Elliot

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Inscription Language: French

Inscription Position: Bottom

Inscription Technique: Pen and Ink

Inscription Text: Jacquel; rue de la Sain 3; Paris

Inscription Type: Signature

Object Name: Sauceboat

Material: Porcelain

Height (cm): 11.1125

Height (ft): 0.3645833333

Height (in): 4.375

Length (cm): 14.9225

Length (ft): 0.4895833333

Length (in): 5.875

Dimension Details: Plate length - 10"

Condition: Excellent

Condition Date: 2022-10-25

Object ID: W.1989.010.081

Place of Origin: Paris, France

Credit: Mrs. Talbot T. Speer

Accession Number: W.1989.010

Images

Sauceboat

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/726d76ba-5a0b-42e0-848f-200220986537

Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1989.010.082

Date Range: 1872

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: One of two porcelain, oblong-shaped gravyboats with attached plate and scalloped rim with shaped spouts at narrow ends of the boat. Gold laurel leaf border; inside wider band of pink bordered with gold and a white baseseated on white oval center on attached plate. Boat's white surface features monogram 'HEJ' and coat of arms (armored upraised arm with dagger) in gold. Plate also has gold laurel leaf border and inside wider band of pink bordered with gold decor.

Provenance: Harriet Lane & Henry Elliot Johnston; To Mary C. Speer; To Mrs. Francis H. Denny; To Mr. & Mrs. Talbot T. Speer; To James Buchanan Foundation; LancasterHistory

Date Range: 1872

Made By: Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, Designed by Jacquel

Last Owner: Johnston, Harriet Lane and Henry Elliot

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Dining Room

Storage Wall: East Wall

Storage Cabinet: Built-in Cupboard

Storage Shelf: Shelf 3

People: Johnston, Harriet Lane; Johnston, Henry Elliot

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Inscription Language: French

Inscription Position: Bottom

Inscription Technique: Pen and Ink

Inscription Text: Jacquel; rue de la Sain 3; Paris

Inscription Type: Signature

Object Name: Sauceboat

Material: Porcelain

Height (cm): 11.1125

Height (ft): 0.3645833333

Height (in): 4.375

Length (cm): 14.9225

Length (ft): 0.4895833333

Length (in): 5.875

Dimension Details: Plate length - 10"

Condition: Excellent

Condition Date: 2022-10-25

Object ID: W.1989.010.082

Place of Origin: Paris, France

Credit: Mrs. Talbot T. Speer

Accession Number: W.1989.010

Images

Plate, Dessert

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/58e62ae4-97a3-4f02-801a-083313102980

Collection: Wheatland

Title: Pink Parisian Dinner Plate owned by Harriet and Henry Eliott Johnston

Object ID: 2022.017.007

Date Range: 1872

Collection: Wheatland

Title: Pink Parisian Dinner Plate owned by Harriet and Henry Eliott Johnston

Description: One of 44 Parisian Pink dinner plates. White with gold laurel leaf border; inside wider band of pink bordered with gold; monogram 'HEJ' and coat of arms (armored upraised arm with dagger) in gold; scalloped edge.

Provenance: Harriet Lane & Henry Elliot Johnston; To Mary C. Speer; To Mrs. Francis H. Denny; To Mr. & Mrs. Talbot T. Speer; To Jane Alexander Speer

Date Range: 1872

Made By: Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, Designed by Jacquel

Last Owner: Johnston, Harriet Lane and Henry Elliot

Storage Location: Wheatland, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Dining Room

Storage Wall: Southeast Wall

Storage Cabinet: Built-in Cupboard

Storage Shelf: Shelf 1

People: Johnston, Harriet Lane

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Inscription Language: French

Inscription Position: Bottom

Inscription Technique: Pen and Ink

Inscription Text: Jacquel; rue de la Sain 3; Paris

Inscription Type: Signature

Object Name: Plate, Dessert

Material: Porcelain

Condition: Excellent

Object ID: 2022.017.007

Place of Origin: Paris, France

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2022.017

Plate, Dessert

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3d438064-8777-42e1-a3ef-765780856320

Collection: Wheatland

Title: Pink Parisian Dinner Plate owned by Harriet and Henry Eliott Johnston

Object ID: 2022.017.008

Date Range: 1872

Collection: Wheatland

Title: Pink Parisian Dinner Plate owned by Harriet and Henry Eliott Johnston

Description: One of 44 Parisian Pink dinner plates. White with gold laurel leaf border; inside wider band of pink bordered with gold; monogram 'HEJ' and coat of arms (armored upraised arm with dagger) in gold; scalloped edge.

Provenance: Harriet Lane & Henry Elliot Johnston; To Mary C. Speer; To Mrs. Francis H. Denny; To Mr. & Mrs. Talbot T. Speer; To Jane Alexander Speer