Mary Lincoln's Silver Service
name: label: associated person
content: Lincoln, Mary Todd
label: user
content: Lincoln, Mary Todd
label: maker
content: Gorham
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: Gift of Lincoln Isham, great-grandson of Abraham Lincoln, 1958
topic: label: used
content: First Ladies
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, White House Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
label: Exhibition
content: First Ladies
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. Lincoln Isham
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.216335.13
label: catalog number
content: 216335.13
label: accession number
content: 216335
label: accession number
content: 216335
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Waste Bowl
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, silver, coin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 5 in; 13.335 cm x 12.7 cm