Two Celery Vases and Wineglass Cooler with Wineglass

This glassware set, featuring two celery vases and a wine glass cooler shown with a wine glass in it, was created by the Bakewell, Page & Bakewell Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Each piece is etched with grapes and grapevines, as well as a design inspired by the Great Seal, with an eagle standing atop a shield holding arrows and an olive branch, although the shield in this design contains stars in the chief which are not present in either the Great Seal or the presidential arms. The set is purportedly part of a service that President Andrew Jackson ordered in 1829 that remained in use until President Franklin Pierce bought a new service in 1853, though scholarship contends the service may have been made as recently as the early 1850s.