CHEEKWOOD HAS RECENTLY ACQUIRED THE HISTORIC JEFFERSON GOBLET ON TEMPORARY LOAN FOR THEIR 50th ANNIVERSARY, WHICH WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THEIR NEWLY RE-INSTALLED SILVER LIBRARY. DISTINCTIVE IN ITS UNEMBELLISHED SURFACES AND ARCHITECTURAL FORM, THE STUNNING GOBLET IS THE LARGER OF A PAIR DESIGNED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON AND COMMISSIONED FROM THE SHOP OF FRENCH SILVERSMITH JEAN-BAPTISTE-CLAUDE ODIOT IN 1789. 'CHEEKWOOD IS PROUD TO WELCOME THIS IMPORTANT OBJECT BACK TO TENNESSEE IN CELEBRATION OF OUR 50th ANNIVERSARY', SAID ALLISON REID, CHEEKWOOD'S VICE PRESIDENT FOR COLLECTION AND PROGRAMS. 'WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE IT ON LOAN FROM DR AND MRS BENJAMIN H CALDWELL JR; IT IS A REMARKABLE ADDITION TO OUR SILVER LIBRARY INSTALLATION.' IN 1789, AT THE END OF A FIVE-YEAR SOJOURN TO PARIS, JEFFERSON PAID ODIOT TO CREATE THE TWO SILVER GOBLETS. ODIOT LIKELY RELEGATED THE ACTUAL FABRICATION OF THE OBJECTS TO ANOTHER SILVERSMITH IN HIS EMPLOY, CLAUDE-NICHOLAS DELANOY, AS BOTH ARE STAMPED WITH DELANOY'S MAKER'S MARK. UPON JEFFERSON'S RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES IN SEPTEMBER OF 1789, THE GOBLET WAS IN FREQUENT USE IN HIS HOME, MONTICELLO. AFTER JEFFERSON'S DEATH IN 1826, THE GOBLET TRAVELED A CIRCUITOUS ROUTE TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH MEMBERS OF THE MARTHA RANDOLPH JEFFERSON FAMILY. THE GOBLETS REMAINED IN THE AREA UNTIL THEY WERE SOLD AT AUCTION IN 1940.
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