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Platter

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1998.003.097

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: One of eleven pieces from James Buchanan's French Parisian Pink dinner service. Designed and decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet in Paris at his studio on rue de la Paix no. 20. A small oval-shaped platter with a central gold medallion and gilt cavetto below a wide pink band within a gilt edge.; Made by Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.

Provenance: French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Henry; Sidney Morgan Henry; Sidney Morgan Henry, Jr.; Olivia Peters Henry

Year Range From: 1814

Year Range To: 1825

Made By: Nast or Darte Freres

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 2

People: Bacourt, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier de; Buchanan, James; Feuillet, Jean-Pierre; Henry, James Buchanan; Henry, Olivia Peters; Henry, Sidney Morgan; Henry, Sidney Morgan, Jr.

Search Terms: Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Inscription Position: Bottom

Inscription Text: Feuillet, rue de la Paix, no. 20

Inscription Type: Signature

Object Name: Platter

Material: Porcelain

Height (cm): 4.445

Height (ft): 0.1458333333

Height (in): 1.75

Length (cm): 27.305

Length (ft): 0.8958333333

Length (in): 10.75

Depth (cm): 18.415

Depth (ft): 0.6041666667

Depth (in): 7.25

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2021-12-22

Object ID: W.1998.003.097

Place of Origin: Paris, France

Accession Number: W.1998.003

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Platter

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Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1998.003.102

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: One of eleven pieces from James Buchanan's French Parisian Pink dinner service. Designed and decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet in Paris at his studio on rue de la Paix no. 20. Large oval-shaped platter with a central gold medallion and gilt cavetto below a wide pink band within a gilt edge.; Made by Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.

Provenance: French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Henry; Sidney Morgan Henry; Sidney Morgan Henry, Jr.; Olivia Peters Henry

Year Range From: 1814

Year Range To: 1825

Made By: Nast or Darte Freres

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 2

People: Bacourt, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier de; Buchanan, James; Feuillet, Jean-Pierre; Henry, James Buchanan; Henry, Olivia Peters; Henry, Sidney Morgan; Henry, Sidney Morgan, Jr.

Search Terms: Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Inscription Position: Bottom

Inscription Text: Feuillet, rue de la Paix, no. 20

Inscription Type: Signature

Object Name: Platter

Material: Porcelain

Length (cm): 53.975

Length (ft): 1.7708333333

Length (in): 21.25

Width (cm): 37.465

Width (ft): 1.2291666667

Width (in): 14.75

Depth (cm): 4.445

Depth (ft): 0.1458333333

Depth (in): 1.75

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2021-12-22

Object ID: W.1998.003.102

Place of Origin: Paris, France

Accession Number: W.1998.003

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Platter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8f5cdb0c-a268-489e-8e9e-618529439623

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

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Platter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3dd4e13f-8423-45fe-ac96-152098481331

Collection: Wheatland

Object ID: W.1995.069.005

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Collection: Wheatland

Description: A medium size serving platter with gilt edge Wide pink band and white glazed center featuring a gilt star burst decor. 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.

Provenance: French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt; to James Buchanan; to James Buchanan Henry

Year Range From: 1814

Year Range To: 1825

Made By: Feuillet, Jean-Pierre

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 2

People: Buchanan, James; Henry, James Buchanan

Search Terms: James Buchanan Presidential Library

Inscription Position: Bottom

Inscription Technique: Pen and Ink

Inscription Text: Feuillet Paris rue de la Paix

Inscription Type: Signature

Object Name: Platter

Material: Porcelain

Makers Mark: Mark applied over glaze, therefore some of the ojects no longer have the designer's signature

Length (cm): 40.64

Length (ft): 1.3333333333

Length (in): 16

Width (cm): 28.575

Width (ft): 0.9375

Width (in): 11.25

Depth (cm): 4.445

Depth (ft): 0.1458333333

Depth (in): 1.75

Condition: Good

Condition Date: 2022-01-13

Object ID: W.1995.069.005

Notes: Although documentation has not yet been found, it is believed that these pieces of the Parisian Pink set were donated by a Henry Family descendant.

Place of Origin: Paris, France

Accession Number: W.1995.069

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