Julia Grant Cantacuzène, the daughter of American President Ulysses S. Grant, married Prince Michael Cantacuzène, Count Speransky. Their marriage was the event of its day, and a number of the gifts were from Fabergé. In fact, an important piece of Tiffany favrile glass presented to the couple was then sent to Fabergé to be mounted in silver. According to family tradition, this piece was presented to the bride by one of her new Russian relations. This sparked a lifelong interest in Fabergé, and in his recent catalogue to the Metropolitan Museum exhibition Fabergé In America, Dr. Géza von Habsburg cites Julia Grant Cantacuzène as one of the first American-born collectors of Fabergé.