James Monroe White House China Collection (1817–1825)

• Napoleonic eagle and 5 seals around the border (strength, commerce, science, agriculture, arts).

• With the reconstruction of the White House (1817), he is making it clear to foreign dignitaries that the US can and will hold and protect our own as a nation.

• More national symbols being depicted on Presidential furnishings and tableware.
  

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