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

AN AMERICAN SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE OF PRESIDENTIAL INTEREST

MARK OF STIEFF & CO., BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, CIRCA 1915

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AN AMERICAN SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE OF PRESIDENTIAL INTEREST
MARK OF STIEFF & CO., BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, CIRCA 1915
Stieff Rose pattern, engraved with script monogram MDE, comprising:
Thirteen dessert spoons
Six tablespoons
Fourteen soup spoons
Eighteen bouillon spoons
Six large teaspoons
Twelve teaspoons
Six teaspoons, Repousse pattern, mark of S. Kirk & Son, Co.
Fourteen dinner forks
Eighteen luncheon forks
Fourteen salad forks
Eighteen dinner knives
Fourteen luncheon knives
Ten butter spreaders
together with four similar silver-plated teaspoons
185 oz. 2 dwt. (5,757 gr.) weighable silver

Lot Essay

The monogram is that of First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower (1896-1979). The present flatware service was likely given as wedding gift on the occasion of her marriage to President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) in 1916.

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