Dessert Cooler and Soup Tureen, Madison Administration, 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.