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VARIOUS MAKERS AND DATES
Details
A GROUP OF AMERICAN SILVER SMALL OBJECTS
Various makers and dates
Comprising:
A napkin ring, compressed oval, with monogram AER (for Anna Eleanor Roosevelt), mark of Lebolt, Chicago, circa 1920
Three napkin rings, 19th century, one engraved Rosy for James Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt's half brother; one engraved MLVH for Mary Ludlow and Valentine Hall, grandparents of Eleanor Roosevelt; one engraved RBH, of the Hall family
A pair of cigarette urns, mark of B&M Sterling, 1½in. (4cm.) high
A pair of salt and pepper shakers, baluster form, 2¼in. (5.7cm.) high
Five ashtrays, each circular comprising two pairs and one single engraved AHMcK, the largest 3¾in. (9.5cm.) diameter
A pair of pepper shakers, vase-form, mark of National Sterling, 4½in. (11.5cm.) high
A tea caddy, in George III style, with pineapple finial, 4½in. (11.5cm.) high
Together with
A Dutch silver pill box, circa 1890, cylindrical and stamped with a farm scene, 1¼in. (3.2cm.) diameter
16oz. (498gr.) weighable silver (17)
Various makers and dates
Comprising:
A napkin ring, compressed oval, with monogram AER (for Anna Eleanor Roosevelt), mark of Lebolt, Chicago, circa 1920
Three napkin rings, 19th century, one engraved Rosy for James Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt's half brother; one engraved MLVH for Mary Ludlow and Valentine Hall, grandparents of Eleanor Roosevelt; one engraved RBH, of the Hall family
A pair of cigarette urns, mark of B&M Sterling, 1½in. (4cm.) high
A pair of salt and pepper shakers, baluster form, 2¼in. (5.7cm.) high
Five ashtrays, each circular comprising two pairs and one single engraved AHMcK, the largest 3¾in. (9.5cm.) diameter
A pair of pepper shakers, vase-form, mark of National Sterling, 4½in. (11.5cm.) high
A tea caddy, in George III style, with pineapple finial, 4½in. (11.5cm.) high
Together with
A Dutch silver pill box, circa 1890, cylindrical and stamped with a farm scene, 1¼in. (3.2cm.) diameter
16oz. (498gr.) weighable silver (17)
Provenance
The objects were all used by Eleanor Roosevelt at Val-Kill. The Dutch pill box was used on her dressing table at Val-Kill.
Exhibited
The napkin ring engraved AER was displayed in the Eleanor Roosevelt Centennial, New York State travelling exhibition, 1984