Log Cabin Patterned Creamer
National Museum of American History

Log Cabin Patterned Creamer

Harrison, William Henry

overall: 4 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 12.065 cm x 16.51 cm x 8.255 cm
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

The Whig campaign of 1840 against incumbent President Martin Van Buren established a pattern of predetermined imagery, from which later campaigns have seldom deviated. The Whigs adopted the symbols of the log cabin and hard cider to promote the candidacy of General William Henry Harrison. An outpouring of objects with designs of log cabins, such as this cream and pink log cabin patterned china creamer soon followed

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