What do Eisenhower,
Regan and Queen
Elizabeth II Have in
Common?
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By The Cooking Ladies
ouisville Stoneware records
show that Mamie Eisenhower
used the popular Bachelor
Button pattern in her every
day dishes.
Ronald Reagan received a small scale
Louisville Stoneware replica of the
White House, filled with jelly beans.
In 2007, when she visited Churchill
Downs for the Kentucky Derby,
Queen Elizabeth II received a
Louisville Stoneware music box
that played My Old Kentucky Home.
By changing with the times, by
continuing the American tradition
of transforming clay into enduring,
functional art forms, Louisville
Stoneware celebrates 200 years
in 2015. For two centuries, their
creative designs in stoneware have
reflected the ever-changing story
of the United States.
PHOTOS: LOUISVILLE STONEWARE
In 1815, preserving food was a
necessity. Salt-glazed stoneware
crocks protected precious baking
supplies like sugar and flour from
critters and decay.
By 1820, stoneware jugs packaged
another valuable commodity,
Kentucky Bourbon. Up to that time,
bourbon was sold in wooden barrels.
Stoneware jugs not only saved the
consumer money by being re-fillable,
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