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Sample Dinner Plate in Pattern of the Truman Service of Presidential China, 1952-1961
Holmes, Frank G. (Frank Graham), 1878-1954, B. Altman & Co., and Lenox China (Firm)1952/1961
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
This is a sample dinner plate from the presidential dinnerware service made by Lenox Incorporated. The pattern was created in 1952 for President Truman and continued in use during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. The china features the seal of the president surrounded by 48 stars. Lenox began making china for the White House in 1918 -- the first American company to do so.
Details
- Title: Sample Dinner Plate in Pattern of the Truman Service of Presidential China, 1952-1961
- Creator: Holmes, Frank G. (Frank Graham), 1878-1954, B. Altman & Co., Lenox China (Firm)
- Date Created: 1952/1961
- Location: United States, New Jersey, Trenton, United States, New York, New York, United States, District of Columbia, Washington
- Subject Keywords: Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969, Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963, Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972, White House (Washington, D.C.), Food service, Presidential seal, United States presidents, Dinner plates, Dinner services, Tableware
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Dinner plate
- Object ID: 61.49.1.3
- Image ID: THF96041
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Lenox Incorporated.
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