Sell or Auction Your Woodrow Wilson White House China for up to Over $3,000 or More at Nate D. Sanders Auctions
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Sell Your Woodrow Wilson White House China
The china commissioned by the Woodrow Wilson administration in 1918 was the first to be manufactured in the United States, at Lenox’s New Jersey factory. Lenox would be commissioned by five more presidents to make their china services. Wilson’s china was also the first presidential china that featured the presidential seal instead of the Great Seal of the U.S. This china service also went on to be used by the Harding, Coolidge and Hoover administrations.
We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions sold the following Woodrow Wilson White House china:
Scarce President Woodrow Wilson Official White House China Plate
Rare White House china plate commissioned by President and First Lady Wilson. Made by Lenox, one of the United States’ only producers of ”bone china”, which is distinguished for its white luminosity and chip resistance. Verso of plate features the famed Lenox official watermark, ”Exhibit Collection for Lenox Inc. / The White House 1918”. As a part of the ”exhibit collection” which prominently displayed china in the White House or was offered on loan to various Presidential exhibits. Plate depicts the Great Seal of the U.S. at center in gilt, with a border of two gold bands. Plate measures 10.5” in diameter and is in fine condition. Sold for $3,125.
Woodrow Wilson White House China Cup
White House china cup from the Presidential administration of Woodrow Wilson, a classic pattern re-ordered by subsequent Presidents. Made by Lenox, with underside reading ”Exhibit Collection / for / Lenox Inc.” and ”The White House / 1918”, part of the exhibit collection which displayed china in the White House or was offered on loan to various Presidential exhibits. Cup features the Great Seal of the United States at top in gilt, surrounded by gilt bands on an ivory and pale yellow background. Saucer measures 5.75” in diameter, and cup measures 3.625” in diameter and 2.25” tall. Near fine condition. Sold for $2,386.
Woodrow Wilson White House Exhibit Collection China Cup & Saucer by Lenox — Fine
Cup and saucer in the classic Woodrow Wilson White House pattern. China is from the Exhibit Collection, a specially-issued edition used in displays at the White House and other public showcases of Presidential china. The Wilson pattern features a two-toned ivory china base and rim decorated with gilt bands and a gilt presidential seal. A tasteful and timeless design, it was reordered in the White House by Harding, Coolidge and Hoover. According to the second edition of ”Official White House China”, Tiffany was first approached to design the china, but Lenox of Trenton, New Jersey, who had been courting the White House for the commission, ultimately won the contract in 1918. Lenox was, at that time, the first American-made china to grace the tables of the executive mansion and its innovative beauty and quality earned it widespread recognition as well as a place in the Smithsonian. Cup measures just over 3.5” in diameter at the mouth and just over 2” high. Saucer measures 5.25” in diameter. Both pieces feature the Lenox mark to undersides, labeled Exhibit Collection, 1918. Fine. From the Raleigh DeGeer Amyx Collection. Sold for $1,563.
FREE ESTIMATE. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Woodrow Wilson administration china that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).