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Stunning pair of sterling silver wine goblets from the family collection of Edwin Booth, the foremost American Shakespearean actor of the 19th century and brother of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. Each goblet measures approximately 7.25˝ tall, weighs about 210 grams, and is stamped on the base with "Sterling" and maker's marks. Both feature the ornately engraved letter "B," for Booth, in an Olde English script. In overall very good to fine condition, with scattered surface tarnishing.
These originate directly from the collection of the great-great granddaughter of Edwin Booth, who inherited it from her mother Lois Grossmann White. She inherited the goblets from her father, Edwin Booth Grossmann, who inherited it from his mother, Edwina Booth Grossmann, who inherited it from her father, Edwin Booth. They were once displayed in a curio cabinet in the home of Edwin Booth Grossmann.
