TWO JAMES K. POLK WHITE HOUSE PORCELAIN DINNER PLATES,mid-19th century; fading Edouard Honoré marks, incised 1901. Shaped circular, molded and gilt rim; featuring a red, white and blue shield of stars and stripes - 9 3/4 in. diam. Estimate $3,000-5,000
President James K. Polk's (1845-1849) White House china was the first to depict the stars and stripes shield. For additional historical information, refer to Margaret Brown Klapthor, White House China: 1789 To the Present, Second Edition (New York, 1999).
PROVENANCE: Museum of American Presidents, Strasburg, VA
central gilt decoration worn, wear to ribs in cavetto, rim chips to feet. One plate with cracks in center
