. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. 100 NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, 1961. Research on White House china, a continuing program in the Museum, has resulted in identification of services used by various First Ladies. The gravy boat, held by associate curator Margaret Brown Klapthor, and the soup plate (right) are from a service ordered by Mrs. Lincoln in 1865. Assistant curator Joliii JSF. Pearce is collaborating with the Mary- land Archeological Society in the excavation of two late IStli- and early 19th-century stoneware and earthenware pottery
. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. 100 NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, 1961. Research on White House china, a continuing program in the Museum, has resulted in identification of services used by various First Ladies. The gravy boat, held by associate curator Margaret Brown Klapthor, and the soup plate (right) are from a service ordered by Mrs. Lincoln in 1865. Assistant curator Joliii JSF. Pearce is collaborating with the Mary- land Archeological Society in the excavation of two late IStli- and early 19th-century stoneware and earthenware pottery sites in Balti- more. His findings will enable him to enlarge upon his unpublished manuscript on the early Baltimore potters and their wares. Another study in progress on the trans-Atlantic culture of late 18th-century America deals with the Plimpton sisters and their French husbands and centers upon an unusual collection of heirlooms in the National Museum from a Massachusetts family of French and New England descent. This study will demonstrate a frequent but little noted French impingement on American culture in the Federal Period. Mr. Pearce has completed articles on a Seymour desk and on New York silver 2-handled paneled bowls, and in collaboration with Professor Robert C. Smith of the University of Pennsylvania, has advanced a l)aper on tlie Meeks furniture Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum. [Washington] : Smithsonian Institution
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