Name/Title
Decanter Set TrayEntry/Object ID
1972.136.3Description
Rosewood stand with brass ornamentation and handle.Use
This tray is used to carry a bar set of decanters and cordial glasses.Context
Reportedly owned by Wade Hampton III (1818-1902), this tray was used to hold a set of decanters and cordial glasses.
Born at the William Rhett House in Charleston, South Carolina, Wade Hampton III was the eldest son of Wade Hampton II (1791-1858) and Ann Fitzsimons Hampton (1794-1833). Prior to the Civil War, he split his time between the family's plantations Millwood and Woodlands and his own lands in Issaquena and Washington counties, Mississippi. He married twice, first to Margaret Buchanan Preston (1818-1852) and then to Mary Singleton McDuffie (1830-1874).
After his father’s death in 1858, Hampton III inherited both substantial property and substantial debt. Although most of Hampton III’s wealth—comprised of or built by the people he enslaved—was lost during and after the Civil War, he remained an influential part of state and national politics until his death. As the main Hampton family homes in Columbia, including Hampton III's Diamond Hill, were burned during the Civil War, its possible this decanter set came from Wild Woods in Mississippi.Dimensions
Height
8-3/4 inWidth
7-3/4 inLength
11-1/2 in
