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Robert Todd Lincoln saucer
- Creator:
- Tressemann & Vogt
- Location:
- Limoges, France
- Origin Date:
- 1900-1905
- Materials:
- ceramic
- Measurements:
- overall: 15/16 in 5 9/16 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.082.0692.1-2
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Three-dimensional Objects
Description
Two fluted white saucers feature gold trim around the rim and around the center cup holder. The bottom of the foot of .0692.2 displays a green printed bell with T. V. inside and a banner beneath with La Cloche China as the decorator mark while the bottom of the foot of .0692.1 displays a green printed "Limoges France" undermark, a pink bell with T. V. inside decorator mark, and with "Dulin & Martin Co" in pink script stamped under it. .0692.1 also has a piece of tape with "R. T. Lincoln" written on it. Washington D.C. Part of a set of dinnerware used by Robert Todd Lincoln probably during his term as president of the Pullman Palace Car Company, 1901-1911. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum