One of President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge’s personally-owned and -used sherbet glasses. Elegant glass measures approximately 4.25″ high, etched with a delicate floral design, with gold lined rim and base. Accompanied by a July 4, 1982, detailed letter of provenance, on White House letterhead, from Lillian Rogers Parks, who was a best selling author as well as housekeeper and seamstress at the White House for over 30 years, from Hoover through Eisenhower, which read, in part: “Shortly before the inauguration of President Herbert Hoover, President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge were giving away some of their personal possessions to favorite members of the staff. Since my Mama, Maggie Rogers, was First Maid of the White House and sewed frequently with Mrs. Grace Coolidge, a number of personal items belonging to the President and First Lady came our way…The lovely sherbet glass…comes from a set of four which were owned and used by the President and the First Lady. The other pieces were given to favored White House servants in 1929.” In really splendid condition.
