SILVER FORMERLY FROM THE DWIGHT D. AND MAMIE EISENHOWER COLLECTION: PROPERTY OF THE JOHN S. D. EISENHOWER TRUST

AN AMERICAN SILVER WATER PITCHER OF PRESIDENTIAL INTEREST

MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1945

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AN AMERICAN SILVER WATER PITCHER OF PRESIDENTIAL INTEREST
MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 1945
of baluster form, leaf-cap scroll handle, engraved with initial E, underside engraved DDE-MDE-GETTYSBURG COL'46, marked on underside and with date symbol
8 1/8 in. high (20.6 cm.); 29 oz. 10 dwt. (918 gr.)

Provenance

The engraved initial E is that of Eisenhower for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 43rd President of the United States, and his wife, First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower.

Lot Essay

In 1946 President Eisenhower was invited to deliver the commencement address to the 1946 graduating class of Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, PA. The present lot was gifted to the President and First Lady in honor of the College's appreciation.

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