NO. 2092. CATALOGUE OF THE WASHINGTON RELICS— BELOTE. 9 



baize. Diameter, 5 inches; height, IJ inches. Lewis collection. 

 Plate 10. Cat. No. 92335-37. 



Wooden tea tray. — Oval in shape; rosewood bottom covered under- 

 neath with green baize, the upper side decorated with a large oval 

 floral design in inlaid woods, the whole surrounded by a wreath of rose- 

 buds intertwined. A narrow raised rim of maple with a scalloped 

 edge encircles the tray, which is fitted at either end with a bronze 

 handle. Presented to the National Institute by F. P. Butler and 

 transferred from the United States Patent Office in 1883 to the 

 United States National Museum, Width, 24 inches; length, 32 inches; 

 handles, 3| by 1^ inches; height of side, f of an inch. Plate 12. 

 Cat. No. 92525, U.S.N.M. 



Cutlery case. — Oak box with convex front and hinged lid, the whole 

 covered with shagreen. Tiers of 48 small compartments, lined with 

 green velvet, for knives and forks, rise one above the other from front 

 to rear of the case, which is fitted with a lock and two small iron 

 handles, one on either side near the front. Base, 9 by 9^ inches; 

 height in front, 7^ inches; height in rear, 13^ inches. Lewis collec- 

 tion. Plate 13. Cat. No. 92400, U.S.N.M. 



Silver wine cooler.^ — Owned by Washington and presented by him 

 to Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the United States Treasury, 1795- 

 1800. This piece of tableware, one of a number of the same type 

 imported by Washington from France, is of an elliptical urn shape and 

 is decorated on either side at the top with a lion's head, from which 

 depends a small silver handle. Engraved on the front : "Presented by 

 George Washington to Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury." 

 Length, 11 inches; width, 6^^- inches; height, 8 inches. Lent by 

 Miss Emily Tuckerman. Cat. No. 283159, U.S.N.M. 



CHINAWARE. 



Nine pieces of blue and white cliina. — Decorated with scenes of 

 Oriental design and commonly known as old blue Canton ware. 

 Used at Mount Vernon on ordinary occasions. 



(7) Octagonal platter, with scalloped corners. Decorated with a 

 scene showing two deer and a clump of trees in the foreground and 

 a house and trees in the background. The picture, which is sur- 

 rounded by a single narrow line, is lacking in detail. The rim of the 

 platter is decorated with a narrow set design of butterfly wings, 

 plants, and diaper work. Length, 17 inches; width, 13^ inches; 

 Lewis collection. Cat. No. 92226, U.S.N.M. 



{2) Octagonal platter, with scalloped corners. Decorated with a 

 scene showing in the foreground a promontory with a house, rocks, 

 and trees and in the background on the right an island with a pagoda 



« See Lossing's Mount Vemon and Its Associations, pp. 2C3-2G5. 



