Finger bowl from George and Martha Washington's formal dinner service
name: label: associated person
content: Washington, George
notes: label: Description
content: This finger bowl was likely used for entertaining in the presidential mansion in Philadelphia and later at Mount Vernon. When Washington resigned the presidency and retired to Mount Vernon, he took with him the china, glassware, and furnishings that he had personally supplied for the presidential mansion. He noted that that, at his own expense, he had frequently needed to replace glassware that was broken in the presidential mansion.
label: Description
content: The Washington’s attempted to establish a dignified social style, formal but not “royal,” that would command respect for the new republic.
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content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
label: Exhibition
content: First Ladies
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.001227
label: catalog number
content: 1227
label: accession number
content: 13152
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bowl
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 5 3/16 in; 6.985 cm x 13.208 cm