# @newport.mansions on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CafMKRsrDxJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71767186-newportmansions-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-02-27T16:24:26.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newport Mansions (@newport.mansions) — https://gondola.cc/newport.mansions

## Caption

This Bohemian crystal epergne on display at The Elms was made around 1880 and once belonged to Ward McAllister (1827-1895), a prominent social figure and tastemaker in New York from the 1860s to the 1890s. The crystal is etched with a motif of curling vines and edged with gold leaf. The central dish bears McAllister’s monogram, “WM.”

McAllister - portrayed in gildedagehbo on hbomax by Nathan Lane - was known for helping transform Newport into a Gilded Age resort. He also coined the phrase “the Four Hundred,” referring to the number of fashionable people in New York society deemed suitable to attend a ball at Mrs. Astor’s. (Gift of Mrs. Quinto Maganini, 1982).
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