Mary Lincoln's Silver Service
Mary Lincoln's Silver Service
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- Description
- Silver service made by the Gorham Silver Company for Mary Lincoln during the Lincoln Administration. The set consists of a hot-water urn, coffeepot, teapot, hot-water pot, cream pitcher, sugar urn, and waste bowl. Each of the pieces is engraved on one side with the monogram “MTL” and a crest on the other. It is likely the service was presented to the first lady as a gift from the citizens of New York.
- Gift of Lincoln Isham, great-grandson of Abraham Lincoln, 1958
- Object Name
- Sugar Urn
- associated person
- Lincoln, Mary Todd
- user
- Lincoln, Mary Todd
- Physical Description
- metal, silver, coin (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 1/2 in x 4 in; 21.59 cm x 10.16 cm
- ID Number
- PL.216335.12
- catalog number
- 216335.12
- accession number
- 216335
- 216335
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. Lincoln Isham
- subject
- First Ladies
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, White House Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Exhibition
- First Ladies
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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