Object Details
- Associated Name
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Lincoln, Mary Todd
- Gorham
- Description
- Silver service made by the Gorham Silver Company for Mary Lincoln during the Lincoln Administration. The set consists of a tray, 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
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lincoln Isham
- ID Number
- COLL.MTLSIL.005000
- accession number
- 216335
- Object Name
- coffee and tea service
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19 in x 33 in x 19 in; 48.26 cm x 83.82 cm x 48.26 cm
- Related Publication
- Rubenstein, Harry R.. Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, First Ladies Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Selections from the Abraham Lincoln Collection
- National Museum of American History
- used
- First Ladies
- Record ID
- nmah_1359397
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-d3cf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
