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Artist: BeatUpCreations / Source: DG Strong, the Psychopedia

2009 Inaugural Plate

Numbered plate by Woodmere China
(Headed to Washington, D.C., back on on January 26th)

Magnolia Residence China

Provenance: Inspired by the trees on the White House lawn. Designed in Virginia by Anna Weatherley and hand painted in Hungary.
75 place settings made by Pickard China of Antioch, Ill.

George W. Bush State China

Provenance: The porcelain place setting service features a green basket weave border based on a French dinner service believed to have been owned by James and Dolley Madison. The dessert plates replicate a laurel wreath found on the Madisons' Parisian c.1799-1805 dinner plates. The serving plates and the rim of other pieces also feature an eagle emblem inspired by an American Bald Eagle inlay found on the center drawer of the Massachusetts sideboard, believed to have been owned by Daniel Webster.
320 14-piece place settings, made by Lenox Inc.

2009 Inaugural Luncheon China

Source: Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies

From the site: The first course will be served on replicas of the china from the Lincoln Presidency, which was selected by Mary Todd Lincoln at the beginning of her husband's term in office. The china features the American bald eagle standing above the U. S. Coat of Arms, surrounded by a wide border of "solferino," a purple-red hue popular among the fashionable hosts of the day.
(More on the history of the town of Solferino)