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The 'Solferino' or 'Royal Purple' service, as it became known, was ordered by the First Lady, Mary Todd Lincoln, from Messrs. E. V. Haughwout & Co. in May of 1861 during a shopping visit to New York City to purchase furnishings and a formal dinner service for the White House. 'Solferino', a rich puce color, had been made fashionable by the French around 1859, and Mrs. Lincoln perpetuated this vogue by employing it liberally in the interior decoration of the executive mansion. The service was delivered to the White House on September 2, 1861, and numbered 658 pieces, including a dinner service of 190 pieces, a dessert service of 208 pieces, and a breakfast and tea service of 260 pieces. The total cost was $3,195.00.
Following President Andrew Johnson's arrival at the White House, it was decided that replacements for this service must be purchased, and in January of 1866, E. V. Haughwout received an order for 499 pieces which were supplied at a cost of $2,061.25. It has been speculated that the decoration on these pieces may have been hand-painted by Edward Lycett, the most renowned American china painter of his day. Pieces from the 1866 order were entirely painted by hand, whereas those from the 1861 order, including the present plate, were hand-painted atop printed outlining.
Further pieces for this service were reordered during the administrations of Presidents Ulysses S. Grant in 1873 and Chester A. Arthur in 1884. The replacement pieces bear a red-printed Haviland & Co. and retailer's mark. A number of souvenir plates were made for popular consumption at the time of the U. S. Centennial celebration in 1876, distinguishable by their printed mark: Administration ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
For a more comprehensive discussion of the 'Solferino' service, see M.B. Klathor, Official White House China, 1789 to the Present, New York, 1999, pp. 82-92, and M. Klamkin, White House China, New York, 1972, pp. 70-73. A breakfast plate from the same service made for President Lincoln was sold by Christie's, New York, 24 September 2012, lot 94, and a dinner plate was sold by Christie's, New York, 18 December 2003, lot 294.
Following President Andrew Johnson's arrival at the White House, it was decided that replacements for this service must be purchased, and in January of 1866, E. V. Haughwout received an order for 499 pieces which were supplied at a cost of $2,061.25. It has been speculated that the decoration on these pieces may have been hand-painted by Edward Lycett, the most renowned American china painter of his day. Pieces from the 1866 order were entirely painted by hand, whereas those from the 1861 order, including the present plate, were hand-painted atop printed outlining.
Further pieces for this service were reordered during the administrations of Presidents Ulysses S. Grant in 1873 and Chester A. Arthur in 1884. The replacement pieces bear a red-printed Haviland & Co. and retailer's mark. A number of souvenir plates were made for popular consumption at the time of the U. S. Centennial celebration in 1876, distinguishable by their printed mark: Administration ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
For a more comprehensive discussion of the 'Solferino' service, see M.B. Klathor, Official White House China, 1789 to the Present, New York, 1999, pp. 82-92, and M. Klamkin, White House China, New York, 1972, pp. 70-73. A breakfast plate from the same service made for President Lincoln was sold by Christie's, New York, 24 September 2012, lot 94, and a dinner plate was sold by Christie's, New York, 18 December 2003, lot 294.