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If you or your estate are interested in ordering from our premier Presidential Collections of China, please contact us personally or ask your curator or Household Manager to please contact us.  Our magnificent, licensed reproduction sets are the full, massive sets of each collection of china that was originally commissioned around the world - according to each President and First Ladies desires.

The troubled "Royal" Lincoln China, Grant collection and Thomas Jefferson Set (click to enlarge).

Presently we are producing and shipping worldwide.  Our gift shop will send a guard to accompany all
shipments for unpacking and security.  Our collection offerings are in full, exact replication of the following
available Presidents collections: Harrison, Grant, Jackson, Buchanan, Polk, Madison, Monroe, Jefferson, JQ Adams,
Fillmore, Washington & Talyor.  Also completed is the full set of Titanic China from the First-Class Section.

Lady Jackson blue, the Buchanan family (pink) choice and Dolley Madison's famous collection.  (click to enlarge any collection and please note the correct spelling of her first name)  Dolley Madison is remembered as one of the most gracious First Ladies, and the lavish parties she initiated as wife of the Secretary of State continued when she and President Madison entered the White House. Unfortunately, while Madison was President the War of 1812 began, during which the White House was looted and burned. As a result, only a few pieces of the Madisons' White House tableware remain. The pieces on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington are dark buff - almost a mustard yellow - in color, decorated with a series of wheel patterns outlined in black. Unlike most White House china, these plates bear no central motif.

The Polk family selection of Presidential China is shown.  (click to enlarge any collection)  The Polk china is distinctive in the fact that it marks the first time a shield of red, white, and blue was used as a part of the decorative motif. This shield reads, "E pluribus unum" and means, "From many into one". The shield sits atop an elaborate china design with lovely pink flowers at the center and a border design of pale green with gold trim. The elegance of Mrs. Polk's French-made china stands in sharp contrast to her social agenda for the White House. A visitor there during the Polk term of office explained, "Unlike some of her predecessors, Mrs. Polk has no taste for the gay amusements of the lovers of pleasure".

 Here on the left we see John Quincy Adams, then the vibrant green of Millard Filmore and then Zachary Taylor.  Thrust into The White House unexpectedly, some said at the time that Millard Fillmore "looks more of a President than Taylor". The handsome Fillmore and his wife Abigail took up residence in The White House in a quiet, unostentatious manner, bringing many of their family belongings with them. This beautiful green-bordered design is thought to be part of the Fillmore family china. Highlighted by a brightly painted bird in a fine floral bouquet, this design's green border is encased in gold all of which is hand decorated.  (click to enlarge any collection)

Finally we have the Harrison and Monroe collections.  President Monroe had actually three plates we could show you (today only shown two -  middle and right - his personal monogrammed collection is fully reproduced and available (not shown).  The Middle Monroe plate is from the Monroe family dessert service. Decorated with a green, white and gold border, these Monroe dessert plates were complete with floral centers in natural colors. Kept in the Monroe family for generations since their original purchase, the scroll or feather-like design on the rim is seen on various examples of French porcelain in the eighteenth century and was used on both French and English porcelains up through the early 1800's. President James Monroe and his wife Elizabeth used these plates at their homes in Ashlawn-Highland during his Presidency and Oak Hill upon his retirement from office.  (click to enlarge any collection)  Another dessert service (shown right) that President Monroe and his wife Elizabeth brought to Ashlawn-Highland was a French design called "Rose et Feuillage". Great entertainers that they were, Monroe and his wife believed that France produced the finest porcelains of their time and loved to use their French dessert services at every opportunity. It is possible that Monroe discovered this pattern while in France as Foreign Minister and had a set made for himself. It is known that France's Louis XVI's younger brother, the Comte d'Artois purchased three sets of this pattern for his use in his three royal residences including St. Germain, and his home at Palais du Temple in Paris. This beautiful pattern was originally produced at the Sevres factory during the 1770's, with later production coming from the rue Thiroux and dauborg St. Denis factories.

On the left is President George and Martha Washington's china - followed by our exact detail of the Titanic China.  Regarding the many questions about George Washington's china: The pieces of this collection are reproductions of the china that President Washington purchased from French Foreign Minister Count de Mustier in 1790. Count de Mustier was returning from his assignment here in the newly formed United States of America and Washington purchased this china, along with a variety of other household articles. When New York and Philadelphia were our nation's Capitols, Washington used this gold encrusted china in his residences while entertaining heads of state, his Cabinet, and other foreign dignitaries. The original set was made in the Sevres factory, while the later additions, including the pieces with Washington's monogram affixed to them, were made in a variety of factories throughout France.  The TITANIC CHINA is a stunning, cobalt and gold service - which was by far the most elegant china used aboard the famous Titanic. This prestigious dinnerware service was used only by exclusive VIP passengers such as New York financier John Jacob Astor and President Theodore Roosevelt's Chief of Staff Major Archibald Butt. It is also known that the demitasse English Cup and Saucer sets were given as presentation gifts to visiting dignitaries and VIPs, further suggesting its status.  (click to enlarge any collection)

The Washington China: George and Martha Washington received this monogrammed service as a gift from the East India Company in the late spring of 1796. It is believed that the original service contained approximately 45 pieces as shown on the supplement to the cargo manifest of the trading vessel Lady Louisa when it arrived in Philadelphia. Selected by its captain, Andrea van Braam Houckgeest, the china was made in Canton, with each piece featuring Mrs. Washington's initials at the center as well as the names of all 15 states in the union at that time. A Latin motto, "Decus et tutamen ab illo" appears under Mrs. Washington's initials on a ribbon motif. This means "a glory and the defense of it." Underneath both initials and motto is a gold sunburst and a narrow border for each plate bears the motif of a snake with its tail in its mouth representing perpetuity.

A spoon in a steamroller and lopped off butter knife handle - becomes a bud vase!  Wonderful treats, cookbooks and snacks...  Earrings, key chains, gourmet teas and more!  Just a few of the many styles of earrings made from demitasse spoons and more...