Compote

Long Island Flint Glass Works of Christian Dorflinger

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This compote, engraved with a version of the Great Seal of the United States, was part of a larger service ordered by Mary Todd Lincoln in 1861 for use in the White House.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.

Metropolitan Museum of Art