Blue cobalt toilet bottles. Opaque glass ball-topped stopper with gold dot on top. Flattish lip, long neck with foliate / berry painted design in white and orange. White wreath painted around shoulder with gold line band below.
Blue cobalt toilet bottles. Opaque glass ball-topped stopper with gold dot on top. Flattish lip, long neck with foliate / berry painted design in white and orange. White wreath painted around shoulder with gold line band below.
Greenish-brown glass with kick in bottom. Cork sealed in mouth of bottle with pinkish wax ('Red Seal') and copper wire. Old torn tag around neck 'Dennison Mfg. Co. Tag Mfrs. 25 & 28 Franklin St. Boston'. Label on bottle printed with '1827 Red Seal Madeira'
Wine bottle. Brown glass, shallow pontil, seamed shoulder and neck. Cork with red wax to seal mouth. Wine inside almost to shoulder level. Found by volunteers sometime during the early years of the James Buchanan Foundation. Bottle was found in the east end of the basement level in the Wheatland mansion.
Serving bowl with lid that is part of the Parisian Pink china purchased by James Buchanan while serving as the U.S. Secretary of State from the French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt.
Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Mark applied over glaze, therefore some of the ojects no longer have the designer's signature
Depth (cm)
4.445
Depth (ft)
0.1458333333
Depth (in)
1.75
Diameter (cm)
24.13
Diameter (ft)
0.7916666667
Diameter (in)
9.5
Dimension Details
Lid Dimensions
Depth - 3.5
Diameter - 9.0
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-04-04
Object ID
W.1963.002.004a-b
Notes
In 1995 the JBF staff assigned the Object ID W.95.69.2 to this Compote as a FIC probably because original paper records were not found.
In March 2023 the paper file has been found that identifies Patty Lane Fayer Eldridge as the donor in September 1963. Mrs. James W. Eldridge was the daughter to Patty Lane Fay and the great niece to Harriet Lane Johnston. Patty Lane Fay was daughter to James Buchanan Lane, the first-born to Jane Buchanan Lane, President James Buchanan's sister.
One of 13 glass wine rinsers. Similar to a finger bowl in shape but with higher sides. Two spouts on opposite sides of the rim are for resting the stem of a wine glass as the wine glass bowl is submerged in the vessel's rinsing water. Bottom third of the bowl has a wide cut diamond pattern on the band, below is a 12-cut facet design.
One of 13 glass wine rinsers. Similar to a finger bowl in shape but with higher sides. Two spouts on opposite sides of the rim are for resting the stem of a wine glass as the wine glass bowl is submerged in the vessel's rinsing water. Bottom third of the bowl has a wide cut diamond pattern on the band, below is a 12-cut facet design.
One of 13 glass wine rinsers. Similar to a finger bowl in shape but with higher sides. Two spouts on opposite sides of the rim are for resting the stem of a wine glass as the wine glass bowl is submerged in the vessel's rinsing water. Bottom third of the bowl has a wide cut diamond pattern on the band, below is a 12-cut facet design.
One of 13 glass wine rinsers. Similar to a finger bowl in shape but with higher sides. Two spouts on opposite sides of the rim are for resting the stem of a wine glass as the wine glass bowl is submerged in the vessel's rinsing water. Bottom third of the bowl has a wide cut diamond pattern on the band, below is a 12-cut facet design.
One of 13 glass wine rinsers. Similar to a finger bowl in shape but with higher sides. Two spouts on opposite sides of the rim are for resting the stem of a wine glass as the wine glass bowl is submerged in the vessel's rinsing water. Bottom third of the bowl has a wide cut diamond pattern on the band, below is a 12-cut facet design.
