Lot
291
AN AMERICAN SILVER ASSEMBLED DRESSER SERVICE
MARK OF DURGIN AND HOWARD & CO., NEW YORK, 1905
Price realised
USD 37,600
Estimate
USD 1,000 - USD 1,500
AN AMERICAN SILVER ASSEMBLED DRESSER SERVICE
Mark of Durgin and Howard & Co., New York, 1905
Comprising:
Two beakers, by Howard, engraved with
Roosevelt crest
A glass jar, by Howard, engraved SDR
A hand-mirror, by Durgin, engraved ATM
A pair of hairbrushes, by Durgin, engraved
ATM
Two clothes brushes, by Durgin, engraved
ATM
One shoehorn, by Durgin, engraved ATM
The beakers 6¼in. (16cm.) high; 29oz. 10dwt. (923gr.) weighable silver (9)
Provenance
The two beakers were a wedding present to Eleanor Roosevelt from Sara Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt's mother. The entire dresser set was used by Eleanor Roosevelt.