On 30 April 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States of America. The Washington family coat of arms consists of two stars and stripes and many believe it was the inspiration for what we now recognise as the US national flag.

This elegant centrepiece also takes its inspiration from stars and stripes and marries beautifully the deep linear "stripe" cuts with the intricate diamond cutting of the "stars". George Washington's love of the land and farming is represented by the "sheafs" springing from the fertile earth up at intervals around the bowl.