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Silver Trunk

Artist
Unknown
Date of Work
1833
Type
Silver
Credit
Library of Congress
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Silver Trunk

This photograph shows the specially designed trunks used to store silver at the White House until a pantry was constructed in 1909 for that purpose. President Andrew Jackson purchased the 464-piece silver service from the estates of Baron de Tuyll, the Russian minister to the United States, in 1833. 130 pieces from the service survive.

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