Table of Contents

The period of French influence, 1789-1845; the nationalistic period, 1845-1893; the contemporary period, 1893 to the present; appendices - the White House porcelain service 1879 (reprint of the publication by Haviland & Company on the Rutherford B. Hayes state dinner service), guide to marks on china of the administration of Rutherford B. Hayes, guide to marks on china of the administration of Benjamin Harrison, cautions to the collector, examples from services related to White House china.

About the Author

Margaret Brown Klapthor was curator of the Division of Political History of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.