. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . , for the littleprivate family of Washington, which consisted of only fourpersons. Food was not often set upon it. Washington seldomate any thing after dinner until eight oclock in the evening,when, with his family, he partook of a cup of tea served fromthis table, and a small slice of buttered bread. AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 317. SIDEBOARD, TEA-TABLE, AND PUNCH-BOWL. Tlie great porcelain punch-bowl delineated in the engraving,has a deep blue border at the rim, spangled with gilt starsand do
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . , for the littleprivate family of Washington, which consisted of only fourpersons. Food was not often set upon it. Washington seldomate any thing after dinner until eight oclock in the evening,when, with his family, he partook of a cup of tea served fromthis table, and a small slice of buttered bread. AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 317. SIDEBOARD, TEA-TABLE, AND PUNCH-BOWL. Tlie great porcelain punch-bowl delineated in the engraving,has a deep blue border at the rim, spangled with gilt starsand dots. It was made expressly for Washington, but when,where, and by whom is not known. In the bottom is a pictureof a frigate, and on the side are the initials 6. W., in gold,upon a shield with ornamental sur-roundings. It is supposed to havebeen presented to Washington bythe French naval officers. If so, itwas doubtless manufactured andsent over at the time when the Cin-cinnati china was forwarded. Tliere are two massive silver can-dlesticks, with extinguishers andsnuffers of the same metal, at Ar-lington House, that once belongedto Washington. These formed apart of his furniture after his retirement from the army, in
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