President Eisenhower’s personally-owned drinking glass, measuring 4.5″ tall and 2.5″ in diameter, elegantly etched on the side with a five star ring and the general’s initials, “DDE.” The etching is expertly accomplished and the glass elegant in appearance, despite a significant chip to the rim (chipped off piece is still present). Includes a letter of provenance on White House letterhead from Viola Wise, who served as a maid at the White House from 1939–1982, from the time of President Franklin D. Roosevelt through President Ronald Reagan. In part: “This glass with the initials D. D. E. and Five Stars was brought to the White House by President Eisenhower in 1953. It was given to me by the President after it was chipped.” This is the only five-star glass of General Eisenhower’s ever offered for sale to the public.
