China Design Engraving

This engraving illustrates in reverse the designs for two dinner plates that were exhibited by Haughwout & Dailey Co. at the 1853 exhibition of the industries of all the nations in the Crystal Palace in New York City, the nations first worlds fair. The design on the left was selected by President Franklin Pierce in 1853, with the personalized monogram p eliminated, for an order of 287 pieces. The design on the right, with a version of the arms of the United States, was selected by Mary Todd Lincoln in 1861 and purchased from the successor firm, E.V. Haughwout & Co.