• Jackson Silver and Wine Cooler, White House Collection
    Martin-Guillaume Biennais
    Jean Baptiste-Claude Odiot
    silver
    cooler
    White House Collection
    dishes
    serveware
    tableware
    The coffeepot, hot-water pot, cream pitcher, and vegetable dish are part of the 130-piece silver service President Andrew Jackson purchased from Baron de Tyull, the Russian minister to the United States, in 1833. The service was created by renowned Parisian silversmith Martin-Guillaume Biennais between 1809 and 1819. The wine cooler was created by Jean Baptiste-Claude Odiot and was purchased during the James Monroe administration. The wine cooler was created circa 1798 and 1809. The pitchers and wine cooler all feature the engraving, "President's House."
  • Jackson Silver and Wine Cooler, White House Collection
    Martin-Guillaume Biennais
    Jean Baptiste-Claude Odiot
    silver
    cooler
    White House Collection
    dishes
    serveware
    tableware
    The coffeepot, hot-water pot, cream pitcher, and vegetable dish are part of the 130-piece silver service President Andrew Jackson purchased from Baron de Tyull, the Russian minister to the United States, in 1833. The service was created by renowned Parisian silversmith Martin-Guillaume Biennais between 1809 and 1819. The wine cooler was created by Jean Baptiste-Claude Odiot and was purchased during the James Monroe administration. The wine cooler was created circa 1798 and 1809. The pitchers and wine cooler all feature the engraving, "President's House."
  • Jackson Silver and Wine Cooler, White House Collection
    Martin-Guillaume Biennais
    Jean Baptiste-Claude Odiot
    silver
    cooler
    White House Collection
    dishes
    serveware
    tableware
    The coffeepot, hot-water pot, cream pitcher, and vegetable dish are part of the 130-piece silver service President Andrew Jackson purchased from Baron de Tyull, the Russian minister to the United States, in 1833. The service was created by renowned Parisian silversmith Martin-Guillaume Biennais between 1809 and 1819. The wine cooler was created by Jean Baptiste-Claude Odiot and was purchased during the James Monroe administration. The wine cooler was created circa 1798 and 1809. The pitchers and wine cooler all feature the engraving, "President's House."
  • Jackson Silver and Wine Cooler, White House Collection
    Martin-Guillaume Biennais
    Jean Baptiste-Claude Odiot
    silver
    cooler
    White House Collection
    dishes
    serveware
    tableware
    The coffeepot, hot-water pot, cream pitcher, and vegetable dish are part of the 130-piece silver service President Andrew Jackson purchased from Baron de Tyull, the Russian minister to the United States, in 1833. The service was created by renowned Parisian silversmith Martin-Guillaume Biennais between 1809 and 1819. The wine cooler was created by Jean Baptiste-Claude Odiot and was purchased during the James Monroe administration. The wine cooler was created circa 1798 and 1809. The pitchers and wine cooler all feature the engraving, "President's House."
  • Two Celery Vases and Wineglass Cooler with Wineglass, White House Collection
    Bakewell, Page & Bakewell
    tableware
    glassware
    cooler
    White House Collection
    vases
    drinking cups
    This glassware set, featuring two celery vases and a wine glass cooler shown with a wine glass in it, was created by the Bakewell, Page & Bakewell Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Each piece is etched with grapes and grapevines, as well as a design inspired by the Great Seal, with an eagle standing atop a shield holding arrows and an olive branch, although the shield in this design contains stars in the chief which are not present in either the Great Seal or the presidential arms. The set is purportedly part of a service that President Andrew Jackson ordered in 1829 that remained in use until President Franklin Pierce bought a new service in 1853, though scholarship contends the service may have been made as recently as the early 1850s.
  • Dessert Cooler, White House Collection
    Unknown
    tableware
    coolers
    White House Collection
    This porcelain cooler was made in France and its purpose was to hold ice to cool ice cream or other cold desserts. This is one of a pair of porcelain coolers monogrammed "WCE" given to Massachusetts governor William Eustis by his friend, the Marquis de Lafayette.
  • Dessert Cooler in the Madison Service, White House Collection
    Nast Factory
    tableware
    serveware
    coolers
    State Service
    White House Collection
    This porcelain and gilt dessert cooler was made by the Nast manufactory of Paris in 1806. James and Dolley Madison purchased a porcelain service with this pattern when Madison served as Thomas Jefferson's secretary of state, and later used it in Washington, D.C. during Madison's presidency, and at their Virginia estate, Montpelier.
  • Dessert Cooler and Soup Tureen, Madison Administration, White House Collection
    Nast Factory
    tableware
    serveware
    coolers
    State Service
    White House Collection
    This porcelain and gilt relief set, including a dessert cooler and a soup tureen, was made by the Nast factory of Paris circa 1806. James and Dolley Madison purchased the cooler and tureen when Madison served as Thomas Jefferson's secretary of state, and later used them in Washington, D.C. during Madison's presidency, and at their Virginia estate, Montpelier. Both were reacquired for the White House by the White House Historical Association in 1976.
  • Wine Cooler, White House Collection
    Paul Storr
    vermeil
    furnishings
    coolers
    White House Collection
    tableware
    This gilded silver wine cooler was made by Paul Storr for the London firm Rundell, Bridge Rundell between 1809 and 1810. The piece was one of over 1,500 silver gilt, or vermeil, objects donated to the White House in 1956 by Margaret Thompson Biddle, a close friend of First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. Special cabinets to house the collection were built in a ground floor room of the White House, now known as the Vermeil or Gold Room.
  • Dessert Cooler, Monroe State Service, White House Collection
    Edouard D. Honoré
    Pierre-Louis Dagoty
    tableware
    coolers
    State Service
    White House Collection
    This French porcelain dessert cooler was made at the Paris factory of Pierre Louis Dagoty and Edouard D. Honoré in 1817. The cooler, which is missing its cover, was part of a state service that President James Monroe selected for the White House. The pattern features an amaranth border with allegorical vignettes representing Strength, the Arts, Commerce, the Sciences, and Agriculture and a design inspired by the Great Seal of the United States at the center.
  • Vermeil Wine Cooler, White House Collection
    Philip Rundell
    vermeil
    furnishings
    coolers
    White House Collection
    tableware
    This wine cooler was made by renowned London silversmith Philip Rundell for the firm Rundell, Bridge & Rundell between 1823 and 1824. The cooler is made of gold gilded silver, or vermeil in French. Margaret Thompson Biddle, an acquaintance of Mamie Eisenhower, gifted 1,575 vermeil pieces, including this cooler, to the White House upon her death in 1956. Glass fronts were added to existing cabinets to house the collection in a ground floor room, since renamed the Vermeil Room.