President Warren G. and First Lady Florence Kling Harding’s personally-owned and -used vegetable bowl. Attractive Wedgwood bowl, pattern #2006, measures 5.5″ in diameter, with a beautiful floral print around the inside edge, with two faint stamps along the bottom. Accompanied by a 1982 detailed letter of provenance, on White House letterhead, by Lillian Rogers Parks, who was a best selling author as well as housekeeper and seamstress at the White House for over 30 years, from President Hoover through President Eisenhower. Letter reads, in part: ”The lovely Vegetable Bowl was owned and used by President Warren G. Harding and First Lady, Florence Kling Harding. It was used in the White House as well as in their home in Marion, Ohio. When Mrs. Harding left the White House she gave it to my Mama, Maggie Rogers, soon to be First Maid of the White House…It is Wedgewood pattern #2006. This is of particular interest because it was from the first set of dishes bought by the Hardings after their marriage in 1891.” In very fine condition, with a couple small collector’s notations to bottom, as well as a small label.
