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Gold florals bloom on the celadon green of Lenox's Westport. In 1918 Lenox, the celebrated Trenton house, won President Woodrow Wilson's order for the first American-made White House state service. Read its story.
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Westport is American made, like the White House service Wilson ordered. It shows the craft the house is known for, fine bone china of polished translucency finished with intricate gilded detail. It belongs at a private dining table, where family and friends linger long over dinner.
Made from about 1959, Westport sets a spare modern design against ornate gold, and that balance is its charm. The celadon keeps the gilding from feeling heavy, so the pattern reads calm first and rich second.
The glaze holds a lustrous depth, like still water under a pale sky, and a gilded trim finishes the set. When guests gather around the table, the gold florals glow softly against that cool green, lending the evening a polished late-1950s glamour.
Lenox was born of a boyhood dream. Walter Scott Lenox resolved early to work in ceramics, and as a young man he built an excellent reputation in Trenton, New Jersey. In 1889 he and Jonathan Coxon opened the Ceramic Art Company there. It began as a small studio of artists painting ivory china by hand.
Its great moment came in 1918. That year President Woodrow Wilson commissioned the distinguished house to make the White House's first American-made state service, its presidential seal raised in gold. In 1928 Lenox pieces were the only American porcelain chosen for display. Eleanor Roosevelt turned to Lenox in 1934, and Nancy Reagan later selected its design for the Reagan state china.
Its china now graces homes across America and beyond, chosen by collectors who recognize true American craft. They know each piece began with a small studio of artists in Trenton.
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